Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has said the party wants to be in government in both parts of Ireland in order to fulfill its historic mission.
In his address to the party's Ard Fheis, Mr Adams outlined party policies on health, education, housing and taxation, saying that while Sinn Féin is not a high tax party, it would make millionaires and tax exiles pay their share.
He also stressed that after January's special conference his party would contine to hold the PSNI to account for their performance.
Delegates to the Ard Fheis earlier voted against a number of motions which opposed the decision taken at the special Ard Fheis.
They voted to defeat nine motions, including one which proposed that the party would not take its place on policing boards until such time as power had been devolved from London.
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Justice Gerry Kelly spoke against these motions, saying the party had made a hard and historic decision at January's special Ard Fhéis on policing, and had put their political opponents behind the eight ball.
Passing these motions, he said, would have let other parties off the hook and allow them to attack Sinn Féin.
Sinn Féin General Secretary Mitchell McLaughlin told delegates that the peace process was now irreversible, and while he wanted to see Ian Paisley sharing power, if he refused, the two governments must implement the joint partnership arrangements they had spoken about.
Meanwhile, the party's chief negotiator has said he fully expects DUP leader Ian Paisley to enter power-sharing after the Stormont Assembly elections.
Martin McGuinness told RTÉ Radio that he was becoming increasingly optimistic about the prospects of such an arrangement.
Most of this morning's session was devoted to health, and to severe criticism of Health Minister Mary Harney.
Cavan/Monaghan TD Caoimghín Ó Caoláin, who had a heart attack three weeks ago, used his experience as an example of the need to retain full services at hospitals around the country, including Monaghan, where he went for initial treatment.
Ms Harney has also been challenged over her handling of the nurses pay dispute by Sinn Féin Dáil candidate Joanne Spain.
Ms Spain, who is contesting Ms Harney's Dublin Mid-West constituency, said the voters there would given the nurses their vote of support 'and send Mary Harney packing'.
And she criticised the minister for refusing to engage with the demands of 40,000 nurses, when the Progressive Democrats received only 1% support in a recent opinion poll.
This evening, between 5pm and 6pm, Gerry Adam's leaders' address will be televised live on RTÉ One.
It will offer him a last chance to sway voters in Northern Ireland before Wednesday's Assembly elections, and another chance to sway those south of the border before a General Election.
