according to a written parliamentary answer from the irish minister of foreign affairs on 14 june 1990, an agreement was reached between the british and irish governments on delimitation of the continental shelf between the two countries and that this included a line of delimitation across the rockall plateau. as a result, a very extensive area under irish jurisdiction, including part of the rockall trough and plateau, is not disputed by the united kingdom. no further negotiations were taking place in relation to the rock at the time.