Plans to reduce emergency services were published two years ago.
New Health Minister Stephen Donnelly will soon receive a briefing on the future of Portlaoise Hospital.
Plans to reduce emergency services were published two years ago because staff were not seeing enough complex cases to maintain their skills.
Junior Finance Minister Sean Fleming represents the area - and he believes he can convince his colleague that much has improved since those arguments were made:
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