Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, today (Friday, February 6) said that it was "time to move on" following a week of political scrutiny over the position of Bord Bia chair, Larry Murrin.

Commenting on Murrin's appearance at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture yesterday (Thursday, February 5), the minister stated that a "very democratic process" had taken place and it proved that no rules had been broken by the current chair of Bord Bia.

Murrin faced over three hours of questioning by committee members, following a two-hour private Dáil debate on Wednesday evening, after several farming organisations and political parties renewed calls for his resignation.