The Seanad Divided:

For the motion: 21 (Ivana Bacik, Paul Bradford, Terry Brennan, Colm Burke, Paul Coghlan, Michael Comiskey, Maurice Cummins, Jim D'Arcy, John Gilroy, Imelda Henry, Lorraine Higgins, Caít Keane, Mary Moran, Tony Mulcahy, Michael Mullins, Catherine Noone, Marie Louise O'Donnell, Susan O'Keeffe, Pat O'Neill, Tom Shehan, Jillian van Turnhout)

Against the motion: 9 (Thomas Byrne, David Cullinane, Mark Daly, Terry Leyden, Rónán Mullen, Denis O'Donovan, Ned O'Sullivan, Averil Power, Mary White)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Paul Coghlan and Susan O'Keeffe; Níl, Senators Denis O'Donovan and Ned O'Sullivan..

Question declared carried.