Ministers of State of the 30th Dáil Government of Ireland was formed following the resignation of Bertie Ahern as Taoiseach on 6 May 2008 and the subsequent appointment of Brian Cowen as Taoiseach on 7 May 2008. Ministers of State of the 30th Dáil On 14 June 2007, the 27th Government of Ireland was elected by Dáil Éireann following nomination by the Taoiseach, and then appointed by the President. The Fianna Fáil–Green Party–Progressive Democrats coalition was led by the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. On that day Ahern announced to the Dáil that he had re-appointed Tom Kitt, TD to the post of Minister for State at the Department
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