The Seanad Divided:

For the motion: 29 (Ivana Bacik, Paul Bradford, Terry Brennan, Colm Burke, Deirdre Clune, Paul Coghlan, Michael Comiskey, Maurice Cummins, Jim D'Arcy, Michael D'Arcy, John Gilroy, Aideen Hayden, James Heffernan, Imelda Henry, Lorraine Higgins, Caít Keane, John Kelly, Denis Landy, Maire Maloney, Mary Moran, Tony Mulcahy, Michael Mullins, Catherine Noone, David Norris, Susan O'Keeffe, Pat O'Neill, Feargal Quinn, Tom Shehan, John Whelan)

Against the motion: 14 (David Cullinane, Mark Daly, Terry Leyden, Fiach MacConghail, Martin McAleese, Paschal Mooney, Rónán Mullen, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Darragh O'Brien, Mary Ann O'Brien, Averil Power, Jillian van Turnhout, Diarmuid Wilson, Katherine Zappone)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Paul Coghlan and Susan O'Keeffe; Níl, Senators David Cullinane and Trevor Ó Clochartaigh.

Question declared carried.