The Seanad Divided:

For the motion: 28 (Paul Bradford, Colm Burke, Deirdre Clune, Eamonn Coghlan, Paul Coghlan, Michael Comiskey, Martin Conway, David Cullinane, Maurice Cummins, Michael D'Arcy, Jimmy Harte, Aideen Hayden, Fidelma Healy Eames, Imelda Henry, Lorraine Higgins, Caít Keane, Denis Landy, Maire Maloney, Mary Moran, Tony Mulcahy, Michael Mullins, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Marie Louise O'Donnell, Susan O'Keeffe, Pat O'Neill, Kathryn Reilly, Tom Shehan, John Whelan)

Against the motion: 17 (Thomas Byrne, Mark Daly, Terry Leyden, Fiach MacConghail, Marc MacSharry, Paschal Mooney, David Norris, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Mary Ann O'Brien, Denis O'Donovan, Ned O'Sullivan, Averil Power, Feargal Quinn, Jillian van Turnhout, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Katherine Zappone)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Paul Coghlan and John Whelan; Níl, Senators Ned O'Sullivan and Feargal Quinn.

Question declared carried.