The Seanad Divided:

For the motion: 14 (Thomas Byrne, David Cullinane, Mark Daly, Fiach MacConghail, Paschal Mooney, David Norris, Darragh O'Brien, Denis O'Donovan, Ned O'Sullivan, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Averil Power, Kathryn Reilly, Jillian van Turnhout, Katherine Zappone)

Against the motion: 19 (Paul Bradford, Terry Brennan, Colm Burke, Michael Comiskey, Martin Conway, Maurice Cummins, Jim D'Arcy, John Gilroy, Jimmy Harte, Fidelma Healy Eames, Imelda Henry, Lorraine Higgins, Caít Keane, Marie Maloney, Michael Mullins, Catherine Noone, Susan O'Keeffe, Tom Shehan, John Whelan)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Jillian van Turnhout and Katherine Zappone; Níl, Senators Michael Mullins and Susan O'Keeffe.

Amendment declared lost.