The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 6 (Ivana Bacik, Dominic Hannigan, Alan Kelly, David Norris, Shane Ross, Brendan Ryan)

Against the motion: 28 (Dan Boyle, Paul Bradford, Martin Brady, Larry Butler, Jerry Buttimer, Ciarán Cannon, John Carty, Maria Corrigan, Maurice Cummins, John Ellis, Geraldine Feeney, Frances Fitzgerald, John Gerard Hanafin, Pat Moylan, Cecilia Keaveney, Terry Leyden, Marc MacSharry, Nicky McFadden, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Fiona O'Malley, Ann Ormonde, John Paul Phelan, Kieran Phelan, Eugene Regan, Liam Twomey, Jim Walsh, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Ivana Bacik and David Norris; Níl, Senators Fiona O'Malley and Diarmuid Wilson.

Amendment declared lost.