The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 12 (Paddy Burke, Paul Coghlan, Maurice Cummins, Paschal Donohoe, Frances Fitzgerald, Rónán Mullen, David Norris, Joe O'Reilly, Feargal Quinn, Eugene Regan, Brendan Ryan, Liam Twomey)

Against the motion: 20 (Dan Boyle, Martin Brady, Larry Butler, Ivor Callely, Donie Cassidy, Maria Corrigan, Mark Daly, Geraldine Feeney, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Eoghan Harris, Cecilia Keaveney, Terry Leyden, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Denis O'Donovan, Fiona O'Malley, Ned O'Sullivan, Jim Walsh, Mary White)

Tellers: Tá, Senators David Norris and Joe O'Reilly; Níl, Senators Camillus Glynn and Labhrás Ó Murchú.

Amendment declared lost.