Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

County Meath. More people left Meath to go to work outside the county than actually worked inside the county this morning. It is the only local authority area in the State where the majority of workers leave that local authority area to work. The majority stays within a local authority area everywhere else. As Navan is the biggest town in the country without a rail line, we do not even have the infrastructure to allow for that commuting space. People spend three hours a day commuting back and forth from Navan. That works out at 90 full days unpaid a year, for that particular commute. It is worse if one is from Athboy, Oldcastle or Kells.