The Seanad Divided:

For the motion: 11 (Sean Barrett, Thomas Byrne, Mark Daly, Terry Leyden, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Darragh O'Brien, Averil Power, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Against the motion: 32 (Ivana Bacik, Paul Bradford, Terry Brennan, Colm Burke, Deirdre Clune, Paul Coghlan, Martin Conway, David Cullinane, Maurice Cummins, Jim D'Arcy, Michael D'Arcy, John Gilroy, Jimmy Harte, Aideen Hayden, Fidelma Healy Eames, James Heffernan, Imelda Henry, Lorraine Higgins, Caít Keane, John Kelly, Denis Landy, Maire Maloney, Mary Moran, Tony Mulcahy, Michael Mullins, Catherine Noone, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Susan O'Keeffe, Pat O'Neill, Kathryn Reilly, Tom Shehan, John Whelan)

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

Amendment declared lost.