The Seanad Divided:

For the motion: 20 (Sean Barrett, Thomas Byrne, Eamonn Coghlan, John Crown, David Cullinane, Mark Daly, Terry Leyden, Fiach MacConghail, Marc MacSharry, Paschal Mooney, Rónán Mullen, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Darragh O'Brien, Marie Louise O'Donnell, Ned O'Sullivan, Averil Power, Jillian van Turnhout, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Against the motion: 23 (Ivana Bacik, Paul Bradford, Colm Burke, Deirdre Clune, Paul Coghlan, Michael Comiskey, Martin Conway, Maurice Cummins, Jim D'Arcy, Michael D'Arcy, Jimmy Harte, Aideen Hayden, Fidelma Healy Eames, James Heffernan, Imelda Henry, Lorraine Higgins, Maire Maloney, Mary Moran, Tony Mulcahy, Michael Mullins, Susan O'Keeffe, Tom Shehan, John Whelan)

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

Question declared lost.