The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 4 (Ivana Bacik, Phil Prendergast, Brendan Ryan, Alex White)

Against the motion: 38 (Paul Bradford, Martin Brady, Paddy Burke, Larry Butler, Jerry Buttimer, Peter Callanan, Ivor Callely, John Carty, Donie Cassidy, Paudie Coffey, Paul Coghlan, Maria Corrigan, Maurice Cummins, Mark Daly, Paschal Donohoe, John Ellis, Geraldine Feeney, Frances Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Terry Leyden, Nicky McFadden, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Denis O'Donovan, Fiona O'Malley, Joe O'Reilly, Ned O'Sullivan, Ann Ormonde, John Paul Phelan, Kieran Phelan, Eugene Regan, Shane Ross, Liam Twomey, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Phil Prendergast and Alex White; Níl, Senators Camillus Glynn and Diarmuid Wilson.

Amendment declared lost.