First Minister Peter Robinson has rejected Sinn Féin's call for a resumption of all-party talks on parades, flags and the past.
The appeal for a return to negotiations came from Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams.
He said now that the On The Runs Report has been published, unionists should get back around the talks table.
But in a BBC interview, Mr Robinson said he did not believe a resumption of formal talks would achieve anything.
He said unionists' focus was on their campaign for a commission of inquiry on parades, which would be raised again at a meeting with Secretary of State Theresa Villiers next week.
At the start of this month, unionist parties walked out of talks about parades, flags and the past, in protest at a Parades Commission determination barring an Orange Order parade from returning along part of the Crumlin Road in north Belfast.
The Stormont talks came six months after the last major push to resolve the outstanding issues - chaired by former US diplomat Richard Haass and Harvard professor Meghan O'Sullivan - ended without agreement.
Also in the interview, the DUP leader accused Sinn Féin of foot-dragging on the latest financial monitoring round at Stormont and claimed funding for the Historical Abuse Inquiry is at risk.
He said if the dispute was not resolved, the abuse inquiry would have to be suspended.
Asked about a Sunday newspaper report that he would be replaced as DUP leader in September, he described the story as "garbage" and said speculation about his future had become "boring".
Robinson rejects new talks call
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