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MINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney will introduce the heads of a Bill to ban female genital mutilation (FGM) in the next three months, her spokesman said last night.

Labour Senator Ivana Back said she welcomed the Minister’s “goodwill and support” as she outlined her own proposed legislation on the issue in the Seanad during private members business.