Fianna Fáil was last in government from 1997 to 2011 under Bertie Ahern and Brian Cowen , with a periodic high of 81 seats in 2002 , reduced to 77 in 2007 and then to 20 in 2011 , the lowest in the party 's history . Having won 44 seats at the 2016 general election , Fianna Fáil is currently the largest opposition party in both houses ( Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann ) of the Oireachtas , with party leader Micheál Martin entering into a confidence and supply arrangement with a Fine Gael-led minority government at the beginning of the 32nd Dáil
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2016 Irish government formation
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