Transport Minister Noel Dempsey has said he will shortly make an announcement about whether he will be putting his name before the people in the next General Election.
He made the comments while speaking to journalists about the latest Ipsos-MRBI opinion poll for The Irish Times, which showed support for Fianna Fáil at an all-time low of 17%.
Reacting to the poll, Mr Dempsey said Fianna Fáil will have a very difficult election but they will put their plan to the people and others will do the same.
He said the party's showing was disappointing, but not unexpected after what they have gone through in the last three or four weeks with the EU-IMF bailout and the Budget.
Commenting on the Opposition's results, Mr Dempsey said the results show the Labour Party is beginning to be 'found out' now it has to put forward policies.
He added that Fine Gael's strategy of keeping leader Enda Kenny off the airwaves seems to be working well.
