Even by the standards of a torrid decade, the last week of the debate around Ireland’s housing policy has been something of a new level. There has been no shortage of opinions about the housing system and the role of institutional investment in that – not least from politicians and the Cabinet. In short, Ireland appears to be on the cusp of a major decision on the future direction of its housing system. Most healthy housing systems have a combination of owner-occupied, market rental and social housing tenures. Much of the debate in the past week has been about how…