The Seanad Divided:

For the motion: 31 (Ivana Bacik, Sean Barrett, Paul Bradford, Terry Brennan, Colm Burke, Deirdre Clune, Eamonn Coghlan, Paul Coghlan, Michael Comiskey, Martin Conway, John Crown, Jim D'Arcy, John Gilroy, Jimmy Harte, Aideen Hayden, Fidelma Healy Eames, James Heffernan, Lorraine Higgins, Caít Keane, John Kelly, Denis Landy, Marie Maloney, Mary Moran, Tony Mulcahy, Michael Mullins, Catherine Noone, David Norris, Susan O'Keeffe, Pat O'Neill, Tom Shehan, John Whelan)

Against the motion: 14 (David Cullinane, Terry Leyden, Fiach MacConghail, Marc MacSharry, Paschal Mooney, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Darragh O'Brien, Mary Ann O'Brien, Marie Louise O'Donnell, Ned O'Sullivan, Kathryn Reilly, Jillian van Turnhout, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Paul Coghlan and Susan O'Keeffe; Níl, Senators Fiach Mac Conghail and Jillian van Turnhout..

Question declared carried.