Minster for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has ruled out adding more farm organisations to the board of Bord Bia.

The board of Bord Bia has 14 members, two of whom must be representatives of farmers, according to legislation.

Currently, those two farm organisation positions are occupied by the incumbent presidents of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) and the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers' Association (ICMSA).