The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 7 (Ivana Bacik, Dominic Hannigan, Michael McCarthy, David Norris, Joe O'Toole, Shane Ross, Brendan Ryan)

Against the motion: 25 (Dan Boyle, Martin Brady, Larry Butler, John Carty, Donie Cassidy, Maria Corrigan, Mark Daly, Déirdre de Búrca, Geraldine Feeney, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Cecilia Keaveney, Terry Leyden, Marc MacSharry, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Denis O'Donovan, Fiona O'Malley, Ned O'Sullivan, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Feargal Quinn, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Ivana Bacik and Brendan Ryan; Níl, Senators Déirdre de Búrca and Diarmuid Wilson.

Amendment declared lost.