A 'road map' for the restoration of power sharing in Northern Ireland was one of the issues which came under consideration in London this afternoon when Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and British Prime Minister Tony Blair met today.
Emerging from the talks, Mr Ahern said the meeting had been "very focused".
He told reporters that the two Governments remained hopeful of sticking to their target of reviving the institutions this year.
He said he hoped the parties, despite remaining disagreements, would help make that their reality. But the Governments would not hesitate to act if that was what it took.
He said: "Today we were looking at a number of possibilities. "We have listened to the parties and have a very good sense of where they are all at and where there are agreements and where there are disagreements.
"We want to implement the Good Friday Agreement as fully and as completely as we possibly can and as inclusively as we can."
Asked if he intended to publish a plan before the summer and the marching season, Mr Ahern said: "Definitely."
"Today, from the possibilities we've been looking at, I don't want to say there's disagreement between us but working together we just need to work these things through being conscious of the views of the parties which are not similar - there's not agreement on these issues — and then we have to find a strategy we believe we can bring forward over the next number of weeks.
"We want all the parties to help us in this, this is not just for the two governments. But if it's left to the two governments, the two governments will give the leadership and make the decisions if that's the way it has to be.
"But certainly we would like to find a way to carry everyone with us."
He said no deadline would be set but that the governments would not "sit around".
"Officials and ourselves will continue every day to make progress. This meeting was important because next week I will be giving an assessment of where we are to President Bush and also our friends on Capitol Hill."