Translate the text from English to Welsh.



 
The statutory support package was agreed in June 2019 following a request from the Leader at the time, and in response to concerns raised by Audit Wales. It included an Improvement and Assurance Board, the appointment of short term external advisers for specific areas, and training for members and officers. The purpose of the support was to ensure the Council could provide good quality services to the people of Merthyr Tydfil, and to bolster the Council’s own ability to improve and transform.


Rebecca Evans, Minister for Finance and Local Government, said:



> I would like to thank the Council, the Improvement and Assurance Board and the external advisers for all the work they have put in and the progress which has been made since 2019\.
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> The ending of formal statutory support represents an important milestone for the Council. Whilst it is not the end of the improvement journey for Merthyr, the Council is now in a much better place to drive forward self\-improvement.


Councillor Lisa Mytton, Leader of Merthyr County Borough Council, said:



> Reflecting on our journey since we originally approached Welsh Government for support, there is a marked difference in the organisation that we are today.
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> However, our journey does not end here. The Council will continue to work on plans for addressing its longer\-term sustainability and we are looking to engage with appropriate experts to continue this conversation.


Steve Thomas, Chair of the Improvement and Assurance Board, said:



> Our Team has been in Merthyr Tydfil for over two years and worked with the council to make significant changes to secure measurable progress in its corporate governance. We have also worked extensively in the key areas of Social Services and Education and both services have far greater resilience today than in 2019\. Their finances are in order, and they have achieved good statutory inspection outcomes. As a result, we feel the authority is now ready to self\-sustain its improvement.







Translation:


 
Cytunwyd ar y pecyn cymorth statudol ym mis Mehefin 2019 ar ôl cais gan yr Arweinydd ar y pryd, ac mewn ymateb i bryderon a fynegwyd gan Archwilio Cymru. Roedd yn cynnwys Bwrdd Gwella a Sicrwydd, penodi cynghorwyr allanol tymor byr ar gyfer meysydd penodol, a chymorth a hyfforddiant i aelodau a swyddogion. Diben y cymorth oedd sicrhau y gallai’r Cyngor ddarparu gwasanaethau o safon i bobl Merthyr Tudful, a chryfhau gallu’r Cyngor ei hun i wella a thrawsnewid.


Dywedodd Rebecca Evans, y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol:



> Hoffwn ddiolch i’r Cyngor, y Bwrdd Gwella a Sicrwydd a’r cynghorwyr allanol am yr holl waith maen nhw wedi’i wneud a’r cynnydd sydd wedi bod ers 2019\.
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> Mae dod â’r cymorth statudol ffurfiol i ben yn garreg filltir bwysig i’r Cyngor. Er nad dyma ddiwedd y daith tuag at welliant i Ferthyr, mae’r Cyngor bellach mewn sefyllfa well o lawer i ysgogi ei welliant ei hun.


Dywedodd y Cynghorydd Lisa Mytton, Arweinydd Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Merthyr:



> Wrth edrych yn ôl ar ein taith ers inni ofyn yn wreiddiol i Lywodraeth Cymru am gymorth, mae gwahaniaeth amlwg yn y math o sefydliad yr ydyn ni heddiw.
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> Serch hynny, nid dyma ddiwedd ein taith. Bydd y Cyngor yn parhau i weithio ar gynlluniau i sicrhau ei gynaliadwyedd ar gyfer y tymor hwy ac rydyn ni’n bwriadu gweithio gydag arbenigwyr priodol i barhau â’r sgwrs hon.


Dywedodd Steve Thomas, Cadeirydd y Bwrdd Gwella a Sicrwydd:



> Mae ein Tîm wedi bod ym Merthyr Tudful ers dros ddwy flynedd, gan weithio gyda’r Cyngor i wneud newidiadau sylweddol i sicrhau cynnydd mesuradwy yn ei drefniadau llywodraethu corfforaethol. Rydyn ni hefyd wedi gweithio’n helaeth ym meysydd allweddol Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol ac Addysg ac mae’r ddau wasanaeth mewn sefyllfa gryfach o lawer heddiw nag yn 2019\. Mae trefn ar eu cyllid ac maen nhw wedi cael canlyniadau da o archwiliadau statudol. O ganlyniad, rydyn ni’n credu bod yr awdurdod nawr yn barod i gynnal ei welliant ei hun.