John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Following on from that - Dr. Byrne has touched on this in a couple of previous answers - if the funding of the political system in general is to be based on the historical performance of political parties, there is an automatic bias against new entrants and new political parties. Can this be squared? How could a funding system be designed that would allow equal access?