There’s a notion that should be instantly dispatched to the annals of wishful thinking: that the Government will, one of these days, do something significant to address the housing crisis.

It assumes that the colossal spike and collapse in property prices that drove the State to the point of bankruptcy in 2008/2009 and the now seemingly endless headlines about soaring prices and “generation rent” has prompted a rethink about how we deliver housing in this country. It hasn’t.