The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 27 (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, Eoghan Harris, Cecilia Keaveney, Terry Leyden, Rónán Mullen, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Denis O'Donovan, Fiona O'Malley, Ned O'Sullivan, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Jim Walsh, Mary White)

Against the motion: 14 (Ivana Bacik, Paddy Burke, Paul Coghlan, Maurice Cummins, Paschal Donohoe, Frances Fitzgerald, Michael McCarthy, Nicky McFadden, David Norris, Joe O'Toole, John Paul Phelan, Shane Ross, Brendan Ryan, Liam Twomey)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Camillus Glynn and Labhrás Ó Murchú; Níl, Senators Paul Coghlan and Maurice Cummins.

Question declared carried.