But speaking in Dublin after a meeting with the new Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, the DUP leader Arlene Foster said it was down to Sinn Fein whether an agreement is reached.
"The main concern is going to be that if there is a Conservative-DUP deal, then can the British government continue to play the role of a honest broker in the restoration of a Northern Ireland executive?" said Simon Usherwood, senior politics lecturer at Surrey University. We have been out of the office now since January, we then had the March elections.
He said "timetables and deadlines" could be "somewhat counter-productive" as he addressed reporters in Downing Street after talks.
"With ten members elected to Parliament we will make sure both the farming and fishing industries will be discussed to the benefit of both in Westminster", Shannon said.
Conservative Party sources say May wants to show her government is up and running but her loss of authority in last week's election will make it harder to handle a hectic agenda - Brexit talks with the European Union, tackling a slowing economy, a political crisis in Ireland, and a devastating fire in London.
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Michelle O'Neill, Sinn Fein's leader in Northern Ireland, said any deal between the Conservatives and the DUP "cannot be allowed to undermine" the province's peace accords. We've set out very clearly the fact that her government is in default of the Good Friday Agreement and successor agreements.
Ms Foster dismissed suggestions her deal with the Tories threatened the peace process.
However, she said her party would go back and look at an expert report on the issue of fatal foetal abnormality which is understood to recommend legal changes.
If the parties can not agree a deal, then devolution will be suspended and the Northern Irish assembly's powers returned to the United Kingdom government.
"I know people want to talk about soft Brexit, hard Brexit, all of these things but what we want to see is a sensible Brexit and one that works for everybody". Mr Cameron said Parliament "deserves a say" and urged the Government "to consult more widely with the other parties" on how best to achieve a deal.
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