Not for the first time, the Government's fortunes rest on housing delivery.
That weight of expectation is also vested in the Coalition's long overdue revamped Housing Plan.
This blueprint for ramping up delivery and tackling the key issues of affordability and viability has been promised since the Government was formed last January.
Then it was pushed out to July.
A further pledge was that all would be revealed after the Dáil's Summer recess.
But then the Budget came and went with no sign of a new housing plan.
Today, Minister for Housing James Browne said that it will be published next week, but he added that it could be the week after.
The minister has been keen to stress that he has not been waiting for the formal plan to introduce several new initiatives to kickstart homebuilding.
These include the changes to rent pressure zones, new apartment guidelines and planning changes.
And the Budget introduced tax breaks for developers of new-build departments.
Today, the minister also announced a change for small builders to allow them to build their own wastewater treatment plants.
The move is aimed at speeding up the delivery of homes in rural towns and villages that currently have inadequate water services.
The facilities would be managed by Uisce Éireann.
Both Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris heralded the move as significant.
The Opposition, however, were less convinced with Labour's Ged Nash accusing the Government of raising the white flag on the provision of critical infrastructure.
He said today's Cabinet decision proved that the Government had failed to adequately invest in both Uisce Éireann and the electricity grid.
While Sinn Féin's Eoin Ó Broin insisted more details were needed on cost and how these would be managed.
It is not clear how many new initiatives will be contained in the new housing plan.
However given that housing delivery is not accelerating at the required pace, there is an imperative for the Government to signal that it is changing tack.
The raw politics demands that the Coalition unveils a change in direction.
But its delay has given an open goal to the Opposition, who can use the lack of a joined-up housing blueprint to skewer the Government week in, week out.
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