The Seanad Divided:

For the motion: 22 (Terry Brennan, Colm Burke, Deirdre Clune, Paul Coghlan, Michael Comiskey, Martin Conway, Maurice Cummins, Jim D'Arcy, Michael D'Arcy, Jimmy Harte, Aideen Hayden, James Heffernan, Imelda Henry, Lorraine Higgins, Caít Keane, John Kelly, Denis Landy, Mary Moran, Tony Mulcahy, Michael Mullins, Catherine Noone, Pat O'Neill)

Against the motion: 10 (Sean Barrett, Terry Leyden, Paschal Mooney, David Norris, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Ned O'Sullivan, Averil Power, Kathryn Reilly, Jim Walsh)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Paul Coghlan and Jimmy Harte; Níl, Senators Paschal Mooney and Ned O'Sullivan.

Question declared carried.