The Seanad Divided:

For the motion: 28 (Ivana Bacik, Paul Bradford, Terry Brennan, Colm Burke, Paul Coghlan, Michael Comiskey, Martin Conway, John Crown, Maurice Cummins, Jim D'Arcy, Michael D'Arcy, John Gilroy, Jimmy Harte, Fidelma Healy Eames, James Heffernan, Imelda Henry, Caít Keane, John Kelly, Denis Landy, Maire Maloney, Mary Moran, Tony Mulcahy, Michael Mullins, Catherine Noone, Pat O'Neill, Tom Shehan, Jillian van Turnhout, John Whelan)

Against the motion: 12 (Thomas Byrne, David Cullinane, Terry Leyden, Paschal Mooney, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Darragh O'Brien, Denis O'Donovan, Ned O'Sullivan, Jim Walsh, Diarmuid Wilson)

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

Question declared carried.