The Seanad Divided:

For the motion: 37 (Ivana Bacik, Sean Barrett, Paul Bradford, Terry Brennan, Colm Burke, Deirdre Clune, Eamonn Coghlan, Paul Coghlan, Michael Comiskey, Martin Conway, David Cullinane, Jim D'Arcy, John Gilroy, Jimmy Harte, Aideen Hayden, Fidelma Healy Eames, James Heffernan, Lorraine Higgins, Caít Keane, John Kelly, Denis Landy, Fiach MacConghail, Marie Maloney, Mary Moran, Tony Mulcahy, Michael Mullins, Catherine Noone, David Norris, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Mary Ann O'Brien, Marie Louise O'Donnell, Susan O'Keeffe, Pat O'Neill, Kathryn Reilly, Tom Shehan, Jillian van Turnhout, John Whelan)

Against the motion: 8 (Terry Leyden, Marc MacSharry, Paschal Mooney, Darragh O'Brien, Denis O'Donovan, Ned O'Sullivan, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

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

Question declared carried.