There have been seven cases of BSE during the past week, bringing the total number of cases so far this month to 22.
The outbreaks were in Louth, Tipperary, Laois, Kerry, Clare, Cavan and Limerick but all of the animals were born before 1996 when tighter controls on animal feeds were introduced.
The number of cases of BSE has risen sharply over the past few months making it the worst year on record. So far there have been 242 cases compared to 149 cases last year.
However, the Department of Agriculture say that the increase is largely due to better surveillance. All casualty and injured animals are now tested for BSE, enabling more cases to be identified.
Meanwhile, the Minister for Agriculture, Joe Walsh, has welcomed statistics from Brussels, which show that farm incomes here have risen this year, in real terms, by 7.3%.
He said that Ireland's performance was the fourth best in the EU where the average was 2.7%. Mr Walsh said that the Eurostat figures were particularly gratifying because they show, even after inflation is taken into account, there was a real and significant increase in average farm income.
