The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 26 (Dan Boyle, Martin Brady, Larry Butler, Ivor Callely, John Carty, Donie Cassidy, Maria Corrigan, Mark Daly, Déirdre de Búrca, John Ellis, Geraldine Feeney, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Cecilia Keaveney, Terry Leyden, Marc MacSharry, Lisa McDonald, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Fiona O'Malley, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Against the motion: 6 (Pearse Doherty, Dominic Hannigan, Joe O'Toole, Feargal Quinn, Shane Ross, Brendan Ryan)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Diarmuid Wilson and Camillus Glynn; Níl, Senators Pearse Doherty and Shane Ross.

Question declared carried.