The Seanad Divided:

For the motion: 14 (Thomas Byrne, John Crown, David Cullinane, Mark Daly, Marc MacSharry, Paschal Mooney, Darragh O'Brien, Denis O'Donovan, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Against the motion: 32 (Ivana Bacik, Sean Barrett, Terry Brennan, Colm Burke, Eamonn Coghlan, Paul Coghlan, Michael Comiskey, Martin Conway, Maurice Cummins, Jim D'Arcy, Michael D'Arcy, John Gilroy, Jimmy Harte, Fidelma Healy Eames, James Heffernan, Imelda Henry, Lorraine Higgins, Caít Keane, John Kelly, Denis Landy, Fiach MacConghail, Maire Maloney, Mary Moran, Michael Mullins, Catherine Noone, Mary Ann O'Brien, Marie Louise O'Donnell, Susan O'Keeffe, Pat O'Neill, Tom Shehan, Jillian van Turnhout, John Whelan)

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

Amendment declared lost.