The National Party has serious questions to answer about funding and the sources of that funding, Government sources have warned. The revelation that the extreme-right micro-party had stashed away gold bullion worth €400,000 was the occasion for about of 'collective head scratching' over how such a tiny political group could amass bullion to that value. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW Senator Michael McDowell this week warned: 'If it is derived from donations or was donated in specie, the question arises as to who the donors were - and whether such donations must be accounted for under the Electoral Acts....