Arlene Foster's take on the leaked draft agreement appears to be at variance with one of her DUP negotiating team.
Speaking in London on Wednesday, Mrs Foster said the document leaked to journalist Eamonn Mallie earlier this week was only one of a number exchanged between the DUP and Sinn Féin.
"If you look at the so-called draft agreement that is only one of a number of documents that were circulated and put out and about, and I think the important thing is that we now reflect on where we got to in relation to all of those issues, we have a budget put in place, I think that is important for the people of Northern Ireland and that we move forward," she told reporters.
However, former health minister Edwin Poots has indicated that the leaked document was the only one circulating in the latter stages of the negotiations, which broke down last week after Arlene Foster said she would not sign up to a standalone Irish language act.
Speaking on BBC Spotlight on Tuesday, the Lagan Valley MLA and member of the DUP negotiating team, made no reference to numerous drafts.
Asked about the contents of the leaked draft deal, Mr Poots said: "Everything that is in that document cannot proceed until all proceeds together – so nothing is agreed until everything is agreed."
Presenter Noel Thompson suggested to the former health minister that there was "good work" in the document, to which Mr Poots replied: "Absolutely – I did a lot of it so I'd expect it to be good."
The Lagan Valley MLA had earlier said that while the DUP was opposed to a standalone acht na Gaeilge , the party was willing to legislate for the Irish language.
"We said we'd do legislation for Irish and it's very important that we show respect for people in the Irish language-speaking community and that means that we do something for them," he said.
Pressed on whether his party had agreed to translation hub and commissioner for language, Mr Poots said: "Those things can only flow when you have agreement on the head of it – and the head of it is about how the act us derived and we made it clear from the outset that there would not be a standalone Irish language act and that has been our position for the past 14 months."
