The Seanad Divided:

For the motion: 23 (Ivana Bacik, Paul Bradford, Terry Brennan, Colm Burke, Deirdre Clune, Paul Coghlan, Michael Comiskey, Martin Conway, Maurice Cummins, Jim D'Arcy, Michael D'Arcy, James Heffernan, Imelda Henry, Lorraine Higgins, Caít Keane, John Kelly, Maire Maloney, Mary Moran, Michael Mullins, Catherine Noone, Susan O'Keeffe, Pat O'Neill, Tom Shehan)

Against the motion: 15 (Sean Barrett, Thomas Byrne, David Cullinane, Mark Daly, Terry Leyden, Fiach MacConghail, Marc MacSharry, Paschal Mooney, Rónán Mullen, Denis O'Donovan, Ned O'Sullivan, Averil Power, Jillian van Turnhout, Jim Walsh, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Paul Coghlan and Susan O'Keeffe; Níl, Senators David Cullinane and Diarmuid Wilson.

Question declared carried.