The Seanad Divided:

For the motion: 27 (Ivana Bacik, Sean Barrett, Paul Bradford, Terry Brennan, Colm Burke, Deirdre Clune, Paul Coghlan, Michael Comiskey, Martin Conway, David Cullinane, Maurice Cummins, Jim D'Arcy, James Heffernan, Lorraine Higgins, Caít Keane, John Kelly, Maire Maloney, Mary Moran, Tony Mulcahy, Michael Mullins, Catherine Noone, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Susan O'Keeffe, Feargal Quinn, Kathryn Reilly, Jillian van Turnhout, John Whelan)

Against the motion: 10 (Thomas Byrne, Terry Leyden, Paschal Mooney, David Norris, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Darragh O'Brien, Averil Power, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

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

Question declared carried.