The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern has said he hopes that difficulties within the coalition are now over.
Speaking in Berlin where he is having discussions with German chancellor Angela Merkel, Mr Ahern said for the country's point of view the Government needs to get on with its work.
He said over the last few weeks he had not missed one event, one meeting or one file.
Earlier, the Taoiseach and Tánaiste had a further meeting to try to settle the differences that have arisen between them following the controversy over payments the Taoiseach received in the 1990s.
Bertie Ahern and Michael McDowell spoke at Government Buildings, where they were meeting delegations from the SDLP and Sinn Féin.
The meeting came amid signs that they may be moving to a resolution of the difficulties that are said to have damaged their relationship.
Mr McDowell has let it be known he wants the ethics guidelines changed to cover personal gifts as well as donations for political purposes so that such a situation can never occur again.
Ahern unfit to lead Govt, says Kenny
The Fine Gael leader, Enda Kenny, said the payments issue makes Mr Ahern unfit to lead the Government.
Speaking on RTÉ's The Week in Politics, Mr Kenny said the Government had lost its authority to govern and should call a general election.
Mr McDowell has been tight lipped about exactly what he needed from the Taoiseach in order to keep their coalition afloat.
But it is understood he wanted further clarification on a number of issues relating to the payments Mr Ahern received when he was Minister for Finance in 1993 and 1994.
In particular, the Tánaiste is concerned about the unofficial event in Manchester in 1994, after which Mr Ahern was given a gift of £8,000.
Mr McDowell was looking for more clarity about that event, in particular the identities of some of the 25 businessmen who were said to have attended, and to have given the money to Bertie Ahern.
Even if he gets the answers he is looking for, it is by no means clear that trust can be rebuilt between the two men, and their respective parties.
