So, anyone trying to buy lab equipment or the kits needed for biology experiments online from eBay or direct from equipment manufacturers, would have to show some proof of identification so they could be tracked.

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Exports have held up fairly well, a resilience that owes much to the presence in Ireland of American drug and medical-equipment firms, whose output is largely recession-proof.

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The way it might work, for example, is that a business owner could borrow back (defer) a percentage of his or her tax bill with the requirement that at the end of the next tax year, proof be provided that the money was used to add employees or invest in plant and equipment.

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