The Environment Minister is not ruling out entering Government with Fine Gael and Labour in the future.
Speaking ahead of the Green Party's Ard Fheis this weekend, John Gormley says it has been a strange year.
Minister Gormley hopes Bertie Ahern's resignation will mean that the focus can now turn to his party's policies.
He says he can work well with the next Taoiseach Brian Cowen - but admits his party's position is something of a surprise as he didn’t expect to be in power with Fianna Fáil.