Kammala wannan jumla: FitzGerald ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a yakin neman zabe
kuri'ar raba gardama ta biyu kan yarjejeniyar Lisbon ta EU a shekarar 2009. Ya yi ikirarin cewa Ireland za ta ci gaba da hadewar Turai. FitzGerald ya kasance yana sukar rikodin Gwamnatin Fianna Fáil tun daga 1997, a kan tattalin arziki da kudaden kasa. Ya kasance mai yawan zargi a cikin " Irish Times " shafi, na asarar gasa da ya faru da kuma hauhawar farashin da aka haifar da rage haraji da kuma yawan kashe kudaden jama'a na zamanin Celtic Tiger. A shekara ta 2009, FitzGerald ya sami sabuwar motar minista, ta farko da kawai jihar ta saya tun lokacin da koma bayan tattalin arziki ya buge Ireland a shekara ta 2008. A cikin 2010, FitzGerald ya bayyana a cikin jerin "Top 40 Irishmen" na RTÉ.