The Government has a new mandate but it does not yet have any new ideas to solve the housing crisis.
However, it seems that some thoughts are now floating around the political churn.
It is fair to say that they are not being universally embraced in Leinster House.
Indeed the PBP-Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger spoke about the coalition having a "nasty, Thatcherite bent."
The sharp criticism stems from two of the Taoiseach's suggestions to get investors to both build and rent more homes.
Micheál Martin has been sending out signals aplenty in recent days that a way must be found to get the private sector quickly pouring concrete.
His party colleagues are braced for some unpopular policy choices.
The Taoiseach has a particular focus on brownfield sites in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford.
"They haven't developed at the pace that we would have liked. That's the bottom line. We've got to fundamentally look at all aspects of housing policy to get more construction, to get more houses built as fast as we possibly can," the Taoiseach said.
The Social Democrats are urging the Government to look to the EU to fund this housing and not to grant developers big tax breaks.
Then there is a review of the rent pressure zones which led to Labour Housing spokesperson Conor Sheehan to predict that "all hell will break loose" if rents increase.
The Dáil heard this afternoon that a 70 year-old woman whose daughter has special needs fears she will become homeless if the rent pressure zones are altered.
Sinn Féin's Eoin Ó Broin said the woman who is paying a €1477 rent each month believes the zones, which only allow for a 2% annual rent hike, are keeping her out of homelessness.
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The Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers responded by saying that the Government wants to provide more homes for people and all policy options have to be examined to achieve this.
"We need to ensure that the system is fit for purpose, that it protects tenants but that it does not deter landlords. Without landlords and investors, there isn't a private rental market," Mr Chambers said.
Everything seems to be on the table then, everything that is except Labour's proposal to establish a State construction company.
The proposal will be debated in the Dáil tomorrow but it has already got the thumbs down from the Taoiseach who feels it would take too long to get up and running.
