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Ar wahoddiad y Prif Weinidog, mae’n bleser gennyf gadeirio Grŵp o Weinidogion sy'n ystyried materion sy’n ymwneud â thalu am ofal cymdeithasol. Bydd hyn yn datblygu'r gwaith a ddechreuwyd gan Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gyllid fel rhan o'r ddadl genedlaethol ar syniadau ar gyfer trethi newydd. Roedd ardoll gofal cymdeithasol ar restr fer y syniadau hynny.

Bydd y grŵp yn ystyried materion sy'n ymwneud â pholisïau ar gyfer cyflwyno ardoll gofal cymdeithasol, gan gynnwys y modelau gofal cymdeithasol sy'n cael eu datblygu. Bydd hefyd yn ystyried y gwaith ar ardoll gofal cymdeithasol a wnaed gan yr Athro Gerald Holtham.

Mae aelodaeth y grŵp yn adlewyrchu’r ffocws a roddir i’r mater hwn ar draws y llywodraeth, ac felly mae’n cynnwys Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gyllid, a'r Gweinidog Tai ac Adfywio.  Yng nghyfarfod cyntaf y grŵp ar 27 Mehefin, cytunodd yr aelodau ar ei gylch gorchwyl a'i raglen waith gychwynnol, sy'n cynnwys pum ffrwd waith benodol.

Mae'r ffrydiau hyn yn ymwneud â chodi, dosbarthu, a defnyddio cyllid ychwanegol i helpu i sicrhau gwasanaeth iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol integredig a di\-dor, sy'n gydnaws â'r weledigaeth a ddisgrifir yng nghynllun Cymru Iachach, sef cynllun tymor hir ar gyfer ein gwasanaethau iechyd a'n gwasanaethau cymdeithasol. Maent hefyd yn cynnwys datblygu strategaeth gyfathrebu i ymgysylltu â dinasyddion a'r sector gofal cymdeithasol, yn ogystal â meithrin cysylltiadau gyda Llywodraeth y DU gan fod llawer o gyd\-ddibyniaethau rhwng yr agenda hon yng Nghymru a system les ehangach y DU. Fel rhan o hyn, mae Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gyllid a finnau wedi anfon llythyr ar y cyd at y Gweinidogion perthnasol yn Llywodraeth y DU i amlinellu ein dull gweithredu ac i geisio deialog adeiladol rhwng ein dwy lywodraeth.  

Bydd yr Athro Holtham yn dod i gyfarfod nesaf y grŵp yn nes ymlaen y mis hwn i drafod yr adroddiad y mae wedi ei gyhoeddi'n ddiweddar, sef Talu am Ofal Cymdeithasol, sy'n cynnwys dadansoddiad economaidd sy’n sail i’w gysyniad ar gyfer gweithredu ardoll gofal cymdeithasol yng Nghymru.

Byddaf yn sicrhau bod yr Aelodau'n cael clywed yr wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am hynt gwaith y Grŵp o Weinidogion ar Dalu am Ofal Cymdeithasol. 







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At the invitation of the First Minister, I am pleased to chair the Inter\-Ministerial Group on Paying for Social Care. This will take forward work initially started by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance as part of the national debate on new tax ideas. A social care levy was one of the shortlisted ideas.  

  

The group will examine the relevant policy considerations associated with introducing a social care levy, including future models of social care which are developing. It will also consider the work carried out by Professor Gerald Holtham on a social care levy.  

  

The membership of the group reflects the intended cross\-government focus, and therefore includes the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services, the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Minister for Housing and Regeneration.    

  

At its first meeting on 27 June, the group agreed its terms of reference and an initial work programme, which consists of five distinct work streams.  

  

These work streams include the raising, distribution and use of additional funding to support a seamless, integrated health and social care service, consistent with the vision set out in A Healthier Wales, our long\-term plan for health and social services. The workstreams also include the development of a communications strategy to engage citizens and the social care sector, as well as relationships with the UK Government in recognition of the many inter\-dependencies between this agenda in Wales and the wider UK welfare system. As part of that the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and I will send a joint letter to relevant UK Ministers to outline our approach, and to seek a constructive dialogue between our two governments.  

  

Professor Holtham will attend the group’s next meeting later this month to discuss his recently published report Paying for Social Care, which provides an economic analysis underpinning his concept of a social care levy in Wales.  

  

I will keep Members updated as the work of the Inter\-Ministerial Group on Paying for Social Care progresses.