Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has said he does not know how long horse meat DNA has been present in some Irish beef burgers.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Mr Coveney said good progress is being made in identifying the source of the problem.
His comments come after test results found the presence of horse DNA in nine out of 13 samples of finished burgers at the Silvercrest Foods plant in Ballybay, Co Monaghan.
Mr Coveney said the tests are helping his department to establish where the problem originated.
He said the department has its "suspicions" about where the horse DNA came from and he said it was acting on those suspicions.
Preliminary laboratory results indicate the presence of equine DNA in samples of finished burgers at the Silvercrest Foods plant in Ballybay.
ABP Food Group, which owns the plant, said it has decided to temporarily suspend production with immediate effect.
The department said test results from Liffey Meats in Ballyjamesduff in Co Cavan have not yet been completed.
Tests were also carried out on raw ingredients from the Silvercrest Foods plant. Of the seven samples of raw ingredients tested, one was positive and came from another EU member state, though the Department of Agriculture would not say exactly where.
The tests on all of the ingredients in the burgers which were sourced from Irish suppliers were negative.
Further tests will be carried out in Germany on the positive samples from the plant to establish the percentage of equine DNA present.
In a statement last night, the ABP Food Group said its investigations have centred on two third party EU suppliers.
It said it has established that one of these suppliers was the source of the contaminated material.
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