The Seanad Divided:

For the motion: 25 (Paul Bradford, Terry Brennan, Colm Burke, Deirdre Clune, Eamonn Coghlan, Paul Coghlan, Michael Comiskey, Martin Conway, Maurice Cummins, Jim D'Arcy, Michael D'Arcy, John Gilroy, Jimmy Harte, Aideen Hayden, Caít Keane, John Kelly, Denis Landy, Marie Maloney, Tony Mulcahy, Michael Mullins, Catherine Noone, Susan O'Keeffe, Pat O'Neill, Tom Shehan, John Whelan)

Against the motion: 11 (Sean Barrett, David Cullinane, Mark Daly, Terry Leyden, Paschal Mooney, Rónán Mullen, Ned O'Sullivan, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Averil Power, Kathryn Reilly, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Paul Coghlan and Susan O'Keeffe; Níl, Senators David Cullinane and Trevor Ó Clochartaigh.

Question declared carried.