The Seanad Divided:

For the motion: 24 (Ivana Bacik, Paul Bradford, Terry Brennan, Colm Burke, Deirdre Clune, Eamonn Coghlan, Paul Coghlan, Michael Comiskey, Martin Conway, Maurice Cummins, Jim D'Arcy, Jimmy Harte, Aideen Hayden, Lorraine Higgins, Caít Keane, Denis Landy, Mary Moran, Tony Mulcahy, Michael Mullins, Catherine Noone, Susan O'Keeffe, Pat O'Neill, Tom Shehan, John Whelan)

Against the motion: 14 (Sean Barrett, John Crown, David Cullinane, Mark Daly, Terry Leyden, Paschal Mooney, Rónán Mullen, Ned O'Sullivan, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Averil Power, Kathryn Reilly, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

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

Question declared carried.