evidence: Iceland has re-affirmed its claim to the waters around Rockall which are at the centre of a diplomatic dispute between Scotland and Ireland. [...] But a spokesperson for the Iceland Ministry of Foreign Affairs has now told RTÉ News that "the Hatton-Rockall area is part of the Icelandic continental shelf". [...] "As communicated to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, in relation to claims made by the government of the United Kingdom, Government of Ireland and government of the Kingdom of Denmark together with the government of the Faroes, the Hatton-Rockall area is part of the Icelandic continental shelf but is subject to overlapping claims by these three States.