This is not being dictated by any political agenda. It looks now like the earliest opportunity will be November, December, and I'm not going to rush it. I don't need to sell any bit of AIB before the election. Finance Minister Michael Noonan More Quotes by Finance Minister Michael Noonan More Quotes From Finance Minister Michael Noonan I think they are bringing a lot of intellectual property onshore too, but that's less clear. Finance Minister Michael Noonan company-news There are issues around it, but I wouldn't say no in principle, but there's a lot of details to be filled in before we could say yes or no. Finance Minister Michael Noonan mergers-acquisitions It's common practice seemingly, particularly in the city of London, that finance houses like Goldman Sachs feel that their reputation is enhanced for other work if they're the advisers to sovereign governments for key pieces of work, an IPO for AIB, if we're selling 25 percent of it, would be one of the biggest IPOs ever in the London stock market. So obviously there'd be great attention paid to who the advisers are. There's no commitment at the point of sale that Goldman Sachs would get any additional work. Finance Minister Michael Noonan business
