Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said that progress had been made at talks between Northern Ireland leaders and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the issue of devolution.
Mr Brown travelled to Stormont for talks on devolution of policing and justice matters to Northern Ireland from Westminster.
The DUP says it will not approve devolution until the UK Treasury provides an appropriate cash package, thought to be in the region of £600m (€655m), to support a new justice department.
Mr McGuinness said Mr Brown had not put a final figure to him on the cost of a settlement. He said a final offer had not been made because Mr Brown was not sure if local leaders were yet in a position to take the decisive step but added that he was not the obstacle.
Mr McGuinness said: 'If the British Government really want this in place ... they will come up with the money. Gordon Brown has reiterated that this will not fail because of money. He said he was determined to deliver.
'We are very rapidly approaching make-your-mind-up time. In terms of the financial situation, we are moving forward, I think, fairly decisively.'
He said Mr Brown had indicated that he may need to see him again in the near future.
Northern Ireland First Minister and DUP leader Peter Robinson said there was still work being done on the issues.
He said: 'What we want to do is to be absolutely sure that all the foreseeable inescapable pressures are dealt with and the unforeseeable ones we have a process where we can be sure that we have access to the (funding) reserve.'
He said everybody in the Assembly group, all the MPs and all party officers were behind his position and the criteria which had been placed before the Prime Minister. He said he was perfectly calm about the challenges facing him and denied that there were 'angry men', as described by Mr McGuinness, in the DUP.
'I have not seen any angry men in the DUP. I have seen some irritable characters in Sinn Fein.'
He added: 'I am prepared and can work with anybody who has the same goals, which are to make the Assembly and Executive work for the benefit of Northern Ireland. I was not elected to be a buddy for Martin McGuinness, I was elected to work with him and that is why I am here.'
He said there was a sensible way forward.
'We are calm, we are behaving rationally, we are working through the issues, we are not getting excited.'
