Translate the text from Welsh to English.



 
Mae’r pecyn diweddaraf hwn yn golygu bod Llywodraeth Cymru bellach wedi darparu gwerth bron i hanner biliwn o bunnoedd mewn cymorth i awdurdodau lleol ar gyfer COVID\-19\. Bydd yn helpu i dalu am gostau uwch ac i reoli pwysau yn sgil colli incwm. Bydd hefyd yn ariannu gofynion glanhau ychwanegol mewn ysgolion o ganlyniad i argyfwng y coronafeirws.


Gyda phosibilrwydd gwirioneddol y bydd nifer yr achosion yn cynyddu eto yn ystod misoedd yr hydref a’r gaeaf, bydd y buddsoddiad hwn yn rhoi’r hyder i awdurdodau lleol baratoi eu cyllidebau ar gyfer ail don bosibl. Bydd yr arian yn cael ei ddyrannu drwy broses hawlio.


Dywedodd y Gweinidog Tai a Llywodraeth Leol Julie James:



> “Mae ein hawdurdodau lleol wedi ymateb yn ardderchog i heriau COVID\-19, ond rydym yn cydnabod yr effaith ariannol y mae hyn wedi’i chael arnynt.
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> “Rydym wedi bod yn gweithio’n agos gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru ac arweinwyr awdurdodau lleol i ddeall y pwysau a’r heriau sy’n eu hwynebu, a’r cymorth sydd ei angen i barhau i ddarparu gwasanaethau cyhoeddus integredig o safon i gymunedau ledled Cymru.”


Ychwanegodd y Gweinidog Cyllid Rebecca Evans:



> “Mae cynghorau lleol wedi bod wrth wraidd ein hymateb i COVID\-19\. Mae’r pecyn newydd hwn o gymorth ariannol yn cydnabod graddfa’r heriau digynsail sy’n wynebu awdurdodau ledled Cymru ac yn rhoi’r sicrwydd sydd ei angen arnynt i barhau i ymateb i’r argyfwng a pharatoi ar gyfer gweddill y flwyddyn ariannol.”


Dywedodd y Cynghorydd Anthony Hunt, Llefarydd Cyllid ac Adnoddau Cymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru:



> “Mae cynghorau, a’r gwasanaethau lleol hanfodol yr ydym yn eu darparu, ar flaen y gad yn yr ymdrech i fynd i’r afael â’r pandemig hwn ac maent wedi bod o dan bwysau ariannol eithriadol. Bydd yr addewid cyllid hwn yn rhoi’r hyder iddynt gynllunio gyda mwy o sicrwydd ar gyfer gweddill y flwyddyn ariannol.
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> “Hoffwn ddiolch i Weinidogion Llywodraeth Cymru am weithio’n agos gyda llywodraeth leol ar y pecyn cyllid hwn, ac am gymryd yr amser i ddeall y pwysau sydd ar wasanaethau lleol.”







Translation:


 
This latest package takes the total amount of Welsh Government Covid\-19 support for local authorities to almost half a billion pounds. It will help cover increased costs, manage loss of income pressures, and will fund additional cleaning requirements for schools in response to the coronavirus crisis.


With the real possibility of further peaks during the autumn and winter months this investment will provide local authorities with the confidence to prepare their budgets for a potential second wave. The funds will be allocated on a claims basis.


Minister for Housing and Local Government Julie James said:



> “Our local authorities have done a fantastic job of rising to the challenges of Covid\-19, but we recognise the financial impact this has had on them.
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> “We have been working closely with the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) and local authority leaders to understand the pressures and challenges they are facing, and the support needed to continue delivering good quality, integrated public services to communities across Wales.”


Finance Minister Rebecca Evans added:



> “Local councils have been at the heart of our response to Covid\-19\. This new package of financial support recognises the scale of the unprecedented challenges being faced by authorities across Wales and provides them with the certainty they need to continue to respond to the crisis and prepare for the rest of the financial year.”


Cllr Anthony Hunt, WLGA Finance and Resources said:



> “Councils, and the vital local services we provide, are at the forefront of tackling this pandemic and have been under extreme financial pressure. This funding guarantee will give them the confidence to plan with greater certainty for the remainder of the financial year.
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> “I want to thank Welsh Government for working closely with local government on this funding package, and for taking the time to understand the pressures facing local services.”