Government of the 30th Dáil later rejoined the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party in April 2008. Ministers are listed in order of seniority. The 28th Government of Ireland (7 May 2008 – 9 March 2011) was formed following the resignation of Bertie Ahern as Taoiseach on 6 May 2008 and the subsequent election of Brian Cowen as Ireland's 12th head of government. It was initially composed of Fianna Fáil, the Green Party, the Progressive Democrats and supported by independent TDs Jackie Healy-Rae, Michael Lowry and Finian McGrath. McGrath later withdrew his support in October 2008. Following the disbandment of the Progressive Democrats in 2009, it became
Euroscepticism in the Republic of Ireland does not advocate withdrawal from the Union. Ireland pursued an isolationist policy from the 1920s to the 1950s, and in the mid-1950s, then opposition leader and former Taoiseach Éamon de Valera stated an opposition to the formation of a European parliament and European federalism, noting that Ireland ""did not strive to get out of that British domination [...] to get into a worse [position]"". Membership of the EEC was however sought by successive Irish governments, and Ireland acceded to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1973. This followed a referendum with a near record turnout of 71% (the highest turnout