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English: Thank you very much. This is our first evidence session in our inquiry into post-EU funding arrangements. Before we begin, I'd like to note that the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has declined our invitation to appear before this committee. I'd like to place on record the committee's disappointment that the Secretary of State has chosen not to provide oral evidence to this committee as part of the inquiry, and I intend to reply to the Secretary of State to that effect. But we're going to carry on with this morning's session.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr. Hon ydy'r sesiwn dystiolaeth gyntaf yn ein hymchwiliad i drefniadau ariannol ar ôl gadael yr Undeb Ewropeaidd. Cyn i ni ddechrau, dwi eisiau nodi bod yr Ysgrifennydd Gwladol ar gyfer Codi'r Gwastad, Tai a Chymunedau wedi gwrthod ein gwahoddiad i ymddangos gerbron y pwyllgor hwn. Hoffwn gofnodi siom y pwyllgor bod yr Ysgrifennydd Gwladol wedi dewis peidio â rhoi tystiolaeth lafar i'r pwyllgor hwn fel rhan o'r ymchwiliad, a byddaf yn ymateb i'r Ysgrifennydd Gwladol i'r perwyl hwnnw. Ond, rydym ni'n mynd i gario ymlaen efo'r sesiwn y bore yma.
English: Thank you very much to you both for coming in today, and in circumstances where you're going through changes currently. I'm very grateful to you for giving us your time and your availability to be with us. There was very interesting information and discussion there. I'm just looking at Mike and Peter; is there anything else that you'd like to ask? No. We'll have a technical break now for 10 minutes while we reset for the second session this morning. But thank you very much again to you both for attending. The transcript will be available for you to check for factual accuracy. We'll now enter into a break.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn i chi'ch dau am ddod i mewn heddiw, o dan amgylchiadau lle rydych chi'n mynd trwy newidiadau ar hyn o bryd. Dwi'n ddiolchgar iawn ichi am roi eich amser a'ch argaeledd i ddod atom ni. Roedd gwybodaeth a thrafodaeth ddiddorol iawn yn y fanna. Dwi jest yn edrych ar Mike a Peter; oes yna unrhyw beth arall rydych chi eisiau ei ofyn? Na. Mi wnawn ni fynd am frêc technegol rŵan am 10 munud tra'n bod ni'n ailsetio ar gyfer yr ail sesiwn y bore yma. Ond diolch eto i chi'ch dau am ddod. Wrth gwrs, mi fydd cofnod ar gael i chi tsiecio bod y ffeithiau yn gywir. Ond diolch yn fawr iawn. Mi wnawn ni fynd am doriad rŵan.
English: Here we are at the second session this morning. I'm pleased to see the witnesses who have attended. Thank you for giving us your time, and all the work that's gone in to the evidence that you have provided to us in written form. Thank you very much for your work and for being so thorough, as usual. Is it possible for you to introduce yourselves for the record, please? If we could start according to my screen. Guto, are you happy to go first?
Welsh: Dyma ni yn yr ail sesiwn y bore yma. Dwi'n falch o weld ein tystion wedi dod atom ni. Diolch yn fawr ichi am roi eich amser y bore yma, a'r holl waith sydd wedi mynd i mewn i'r dystiolaeth rydych chi wedi ei rhoi i ni yn ysgrifenedig hefyd. Diolch yn fawr iawn ichi am y gwaith ac am fod mor drwyadl, fel arfer. Ydy hi'n bosibl ichi gyflwyno'ch hunain ar gyfer y record, os gwelwch yn dda? Os gwnawn ni ddechrau fel sydd ar fy sgrin i. Guto, wyt ti'n fodlon mynd yn gyntaf?
English: Sure. I'm Guto Ifan. I'm a research associate at the Wales Governance Centre and part of the Wales Fiscal Analysis team.
Welsh: Siŵr. Fi yw Guto Ifan. Dwi'n gydymaith ymchwil yng Nghanolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru, yn rhan o dîm Dadansoddi Cyllid Cymru.
English: Thank you very much. I'm Ed Gareth Poole. I'm a senior lecturer in politics at Cardiff University, and part of the Wales Fiscal Analysis team.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr. Fi yw Ed Gareth Poole. Dwi'n uwch-ddarlithydd mewn gwleidyddiaeth ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, ac yn rhan o dîm Dadansoddi Cyllid Cymru.
English: Excellent. And David.
Welsh: Gwych. A David.
English: Thank you very much for attending. It's always great to have you with us, and always good to listen to the information that you have and your insights into what's happening.
Welsh: A diolch yn fawr i chi am ddod. Mae wastad yn dda eich cael chi efo ni, ac wastad yn dda i gael y wybodaeth sydd gennych chi a'ch insights chi mewn i beth sy'n digwydd.
English: Thank you. Just to declare what is on the public record, please.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr. Dim ond i ddatgan beth sydd ar y record gyhoeddus, os gwelwch yn dda.
English: Thank you very much, Chair, and thank to the Minister for joining us today. I am very pleased to hear the Minister talking about homelessness at the beginning there and the impact of the pandemic. In Gwynedd, for example, they were dealing with around 30 cases of homelessness a month prior to the pandemic, but that has quadrupled to somewhere between 120 and 150 cases of homelessness per month in Gwynedd alone. I was walking along a street in Borth-y-gest recently and the whole street, with the exception of one house, was taken up by holiday homes - second homes and holiday accommodation and so on. I was in Tywyn recently, and along the seafront in Tywyn there were some 20 houses, and only two of them had people living in them. So, do you believe, Minister, that it's strange that we are placing homeless people in hotels, where people on holiday are meant to go, whilst people on holiday now take up housing stock that people are meant to live in?
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Gadeirydd, a diolch i'r Gweinidog am ddod i mewn. Rwy'n falch iawn i glywed y Gweinidog yn sôn i gychwyn am ddigartrefedd ac effaith y pandemig. Yng Ngwynedd, er enghraifft, roedden nhw'n delio efo tua 30 achos o ddigartrefedd y mis cyn y pandemig, bellach mae hynna wedi pedryblu i rywle rhwng 120 a 150 o achosion o ddigartrefedd y mis yng Ngwynedd yn unig. Roeddwn i'n cerdded y stryd ym Morth-y-gest yn ddiweddar ac roedd y stryd gyfan, ac eithrio un tŷ, yn dai gwyliau - ail dai a lletyau gwyliau ac yn y blaen. Roeddwn i yn Nhywyn yn ddiweddar iawn, ac ar hyd y seafront yn Nhywyn roedd tua 20 o dai, a dim ond dau ohonyn nhw efo rhywun yn byw ynddyn nhw. A ydych chi, Weinidog, yn credu ei bod hi'n od ein bod ni'n rhoi pobl ddigartref mewn gwestai, lle mae pobl ar wyliau fod i fynd, tra bod pobl ar wyliau bellach yn cymryd tai y mae pobl fod i fyw ynddyn nhw?
English: Thank you, Minister. If I can give you another example, in Criccieth, for example, there was a constituent of mine who wanted to buy a home. That constituent was on a good wage but had stretched themselves to get a family home with a large mortgage, and the house was going for around £400,000. But, unfortunately for that constituent, a buyer came in with a cash offer and bought the house for £450,000 - £50,000 over the asking price - and they bought it as a second home or a holiday home or holiday let, whichever term you want to use. Do you think that - ? This is the power of capital that militates against people's ability to buy homes in their own communities, and how are these policies that you're going to introduce and are trialling going to help people in our communities to be able to afford to buy homes and prevent people who have a great deal of money from coming in and gazumping them and pricing them out of the market?
Welsh: Diolch, Weinidog. Os caf i roi un enghraifft arall ichi, yng Nghriccieth, er enghraifft, roedd yna etholwr i fi eisiau prynu tŷ. Roedd yr etholwr yna ar gyflog reit dda ond yn mynd i ymestyn ei hun er mwyn cael tŷ teuluol efo morgais eithaf mawr, ac roedd y tŷ yn mynd am ryw £400,000. Ond, yn anffodus i'r etholwr hwnnw, ddaru prynwr ddod i mewn efo cash a phrynu'r tŷ am £450,000 - £50,000 dros y pris gofyn - a hynny efo cash, a hynny fel tŷ haf, fel ail dŷ, tŷ gwyliau, neu ba bynnag derm rydych chi eisiau rhoi arno fo. Ydych chi'n meddwl bod - ? Mae grym cyfalaf ydy hyn mewn gwirionedd, sydd yn milwrio yn erbyn gallu pobl i brynu tai yn eu cymunedau, a sut ydych chi'n meddwl bydd y polisïau yma rydych chi'n eu cyflwyno ac yn eu treialu yn mynd i helpu pobl yn ein cymunedau ni i fedru fforddio prynu tai ac atal pobl sydd â lot fawr o bres rhag dod i mewn a'u 'gazump-io' nhw a'u prisio nhw allan o'r farchnad?
English: Thank you. If I may, Chair, one further question following on from that. We're all familiar with the evidence with regard to Abersoch and the way that so many homes in Abersoch are now holiday homes of one kind or another and we've received robust evidence from Nefyn Town Council stating clearly that they're concerned that Morfa Nefyn in particular, and Nefyn more widely, are going to turn into the next Abersoch - namely, that so many homes there are being sold as second homes or short-term holiday lets. In terms of Morfa Nefyn and Nefyn, do you believe that these policies that you are putting forward now are going to prevent that from happening and are going to ensure that Morfa Nefyn and Nefyn and other communities across Wales - from Anglesey to Pembrokeshire and over to the Gower and so on - that they're going to continue to be viable communities moving forward?
Welsh: Diolch. Os caf i, Gadeirydd, un cwestiwn arall yn dilyn ymlaen ar hynny. Rydym ni i gyd yn gyfarwydd a wedi clywed amryw o weithiau yn ein tystiolaeth ni am Abersoch a'r ffordd mae cynifer o dai bellach yn Abersoch yn dai gwyliau o ryw fath neu'i gilydd, ac rydym ni wedi derbyn tystiolaeth gadarn gan Gyngor Tref Nefyn yn datgan yn glir eu bod nhw'n pryderu bod Morfa Nefyn yn enwedig, a Nefyn yn ehangach, yn mynd i droi i mewn i'r Abersoch nesaf - hynny ydy, bod cymaint o dai yno bellach yn cael eu gwerthu fel ail dai neu lletyau gwyliau tymor byr. O ran Morfa Nefyn a Nefyn, ydych chi'n credu bod y polisïau yma rydych chi'n eu cyflwyno rŵan yn mynd i atal hynny rhag ddigwydd ac yn mynd i sicrhau bod Morfa Nefyn a Nefyn a chymunedau eraill ar draws Cymru - o sir Fôn lawr i sir Benfro a draw i'r Gŵyr ac yn y blaen - eu bod nhw'n mynd i barhau yn gymunedau hyfyw, yn symud ymlaen?
English: Welcome to this Plenary session. Before we begin, I want to set out a few points. This meeting will be held in hybrid format, with some Members in the Senedd Chamber and others joining by video-conference. All Members participating in proceedings of the Senedd, wherever they may be, will be treated equally. A Plenary meeting held using video-conference, in accordance with the Standing Orders of the Welsh Parliament, constitutes Senedd proceedings for the purposes of the Government of Wales Act 2006. Some of the provisions of Standing Order 34 will apply for today's Plenary meeting, and those are noted on your agenda.
Welsh: Croeso, bawb, i'r Cyfarfod Llawn y prynhawn yma. Cyn i ni ddechrau, dwi angen nodi ychydig o bwyntiau. Mae'r cyfarfod yma yn cael ei gynnal ar ffurf hybrid, gyda rhai Aelodau yn y Siambr ac eraill yn ymuno drwy gyswllt fideo. Bydd yr holl Aelodau, ble bynnag y bônt, yn cael eu trin yn gyfartal. Mae Cyfarfod Llawn a gynhelir drwy gynhadledd fideo, yn unol â Rheolau Sefydlog Senedd Cymru, yn gyfystyr â thrafodion y Senedd at ddibenion Deddf Llywodraeth Cymru 2006. Bydd rhai o ddarpariaethau Rheol Sefydlog 34 yn gymwys ar gyfer y cyfarfod yma, ac mae'r rheini wedi'u nodi ar eich agenda chi.
English: The first item this afternoon is questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services, and the first question is from Sioned Williams.
Welsh: Yr eitem gyntaf, felly, y prynhawn yma yw'r cwestiynau i'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, ac mae'r cwestiwn cyntaf gan Sioned Williams.
English: Thank you very much. We are working on system reform in dentistry and moving forward collaboratively with the primary care reform programme in 2022, and this includes working in partnership with the dental profession to improve access to, and experience and quality of, dental care.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr. Rŷn ni'n gweithio ar ddiwygio'r system ddeintyddiaeth ac yn symud ymlaen ar y cyd gyda'r rhaglen ddiwygio gofal sylfaenol yn 2022. Mae hyn yn cynnwys gweithio mewn partneriaeth gyda'r proffesiwn deintyddol i wella mynediad at ofal deintyddol, gwella'r profiad a gwella ansawdd y gofal.
English: Diolch yn fawr, Sioned. And you'll be aware that there has been a particular issue in relation to dentistry because of the need for infection control measures to ensure that people remain safe, including patients and the dentists themselves. And that's why we've seen a 50 per cent reduction in the number of people who have been able to access NHS dentistry. We have, of course, put measures in place to try and mitigate this, including substantial investment in helping dentists to allow air flow better in their surgeries. I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that, because of the new dental contract that we've introduced, in Swansea bay health board, 88 per cent of practices have opted in to that new system. So, we are hoping to see a transformation now because of the way that those dental units are counted. So, they were counted as dental units before. Now we'll be moving much more into the area of prevention, and part of the contract will also be about asking new people and making sure that they get to see new people in dentistry. We have put in an additional recurrent pot of funding - £2 million. As you'll be aware, what we can't do is to conjure up new dentists overnight. And that's why what we're trying to do is to make sure that we train hygienists and therapists, and I can assure you that there are about 20,000 people who are being seen each in week in Wales.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Sioned. Ac fe fyddwch yn ymwybodol y bu problem benodol mewn perthynas â deintyddiaeth oherwydd yr angen am fesurau rheoli heintiau i sicrhau bod pobl yn parhau i fod yn ddiogel, gan gynnwys cleifion a deintyddion eu hunain. A dyna pam ein bod wedi gweld gostyngiad o 50 y cant yn nifer y bobl sydd wedi gallu cael mynediad at ddeintyddiaeth y GIG. Rydym wedi rhoi mesurau ar waith i geisio lliniaru hyn, wrth gwrs, gan gynnwys buddsoddiad sylweddol i helpu deintyddion i sicrhau gwell llif aer yn eu deintyddfeydd. Rwy'n siŵr y byddwch yn falch o glywed, oherwydd y contract deintyddol newydd a gyflwynwyd gennym, fod 88 y cant o bractisau ym mwrdd iechyd bae Abertawe wedi optio i mewn i'r system newydd honno. Felly, rydym yn gobeithio gweld trawsnewidiad yn awr oherwydd y ffordd y caiff yr unedau deintyddol hynny eu cyfrif. Felly, arferent gael eu cyfrif fel unedau deintyddol. Bellach, byddwn yn symud ymhellach i faes atal, a bydd rhan o'r contract hefyd yn ymwneud â gofyn i bobl newydd a sicrhau eu bod yn cael gweld pobl newydd mewn deintyddiaeth. Rydym wedi darparu cronfa ychwanegol o gyllid rheolaidd - £2 filiwn. Fel y gwyddoch, yr hyn na allwn ei wneud yw creu deintyddion newydd dros nos. A dyna pam mai'r hyn y ceisiwn ei wneud yw sicrhau ein bod yn hyfforddi hylenwyr a therapyddion, a gallaf eich sicrhau bod oddeutu 20,000 o bobl yn cael eu gweld bob wythnos yng Nghymru.
English: Good afternoon, Minister. Minister, it is a worrying fact that many dental practices have struggled to return to normal as we emerge from the pandemic. Routine check-ups are not being offered. People are reluctant to bother their dentists for an appointment because they feel that a check-up might not be seen as important enough. And many people cannot access an adequate out-of-hours service for emergency advice and appointments. A check-up is, however, vital to the patient: problems can be identified earlier and a dentist is qualified to advise on the wider questions of oral health. Can the Minister outline what discussions she has had with the British Dental Association about the capacity of our dental services, and what plans does she have to ensure we have the right number of dentists working in Wales? Thank you.
Welsh: Prynhawn da, Weinidog. Mae'n ffaith sy'n peri pryder fod llawer o bractisau deintyddol wedi'i chael hi'n anodd dychwelyd i normalrwydd wrth inni gefnu ar y pandemig. Nid yw archwiliadau arferol yn cael eu cynnig. Mae pobl yn gyndyn o drafferthu eu deintyddion am apwyntiadau gan eu bod yn teimlo efallai na fyddai archwiliad yn cael ei ystyried yn ddigon pwysig. Ac mae llawer o bobl yn methu cael mynediad at wasanaethau digonol y tu allan i oriau ar gyfer cyngor ac apwyntiadau brys. Fodd bynnag, mae archwiliad yn hanfodol i'r claf: mae modd nodi problemau'n gynharach ac mae deintydd yn gymwys i roi cyngor ar gwestiynau ehangach ynghylch iechyd y geg. A wnaiff y Gweinidog amlinellu pa drafodaethau y mae wedi'u cael gyda Chymdeithas Ddeintyddol Prydain ynglŷn â chapasiti ein gwasanaethau deintyddol, a pha gynlluniau sydd ganddi i sicrhau bod gennym y nifer cywir o ddeintyddion yn gweithio yng Nghymru? Diolch.
English: Thanks very much, Altaf, and I would like to assure you that if dental treatment is urgent or the patient is in pain, it is expected that health boards will have provision in place to provide care quickly. And one of the things that I'm doing at the moment is I'm going through the details of the integrated medium term plans for each of the health boards and I'm making sure that every one of them has a proposal and a plan that are adequate to address the issues in relation to dentistry. You'll be pleased to hear, I'm sure, that we have recently appointed a new chief dental officer. I'm very aware that this is an issue that is exercising a lot of the public in Wales, and I have now requested that we have monthly meetings to make sure that we get some real pace into the system. We did have a period of time where there wasn't a chief dental official in Wales in post, and so I'm really delighted now to see that we have appointed somebody and that that focus, I hope, will be brought to bear on the system. We are still in a situation, of course, where aerosol-generating equipment could cause infection and so we do have to understand that there are still restrictions in relation to dentistry that may not be quite the same as in other NHS facilities.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Altaf, a hoffwn eich sicrhau, os oes angen triniaeth ddeintyddol ar frys neu os yw'r claf mewn poen, disgwylir y bydd gan fyrddau iechyd ddarpariaeth ar waith i ddarparu gofal yn gyflym. Ac un o'r pethau rwy'n eu gwneud ar hyn o bryd yw mynd drwy fanylion y cynlluniau tymor canolig integredig ar gyfer pob un o'r byrddau iechyd a sicrhau bod gan bob un ohonynt gynnig a chynllun digonol er mwyn mynd i'r afael â'r problemau mewn perthynas â deintyddiaeth. Fe fyddwch yn falch o glywed, rwy'n siŵr, ein bod wedi penodi prif swyddog deintyddol newydd yn ddiweddar. Rwy'n ymwybodol iawn fod hwn yn fater sy'n peri pryder i lawer o'r cyhoedd yng Nghymru, ac rwyf bellach wedi gofyn am gyfarfodydd misol i sicrhau ein bod yn cyflymu'r system. Cawsom gyfnod o amser pan nad oedd gennym brif swyddog deintyddol yng Nghymru, ac felly rwyf wrth fy modd ein bod bellach wedi penodi rhywun ac y bydd y ffocws hwnnw, gobeithio, yn cael ei roi ar y system. Rydym yn dal i fod mewn sefyllfa, wrth gwrs, lle gallai offer sy'n cynhyrchu aerosol achosi heintiau, ac felly mae'n rhaid inni ddeall bod cyfyngiadau ar waith o hyd mewn deintyddiaeth nad ydynt efallai yn union yr un fath ag yng nghyfleusterau eraill y GIG.
English: Tackling the backlog of patients is a key priority for this Government. Last month, I launched the planned care recovery plan that sets out our approach to reduce waiting times in Wales so that patients get the care and treatment they deserve, supported by an additional recurrent investment of £170 million.
Welsh: Mae mynd i'r afael â'r ôl-groniad o gleifion yn flaenoriaeth allweddol i'r Llywodraeth hon. Fis diwethaf, lansiais y cynllun adfer gofal wedi'i gynllunio sy'n nodi ein dull o leihau amseroedd aros yng Nghymru fel bod cleifion yn cael y gofal a'r driniaeth y maent yn eu haeddu, ac mae hynny wedi'i ategu gan fuddsoddiad rheolaidd ychwanegol o £170 miliwn.
English: Question, yes. Thank you.
Welsh: Cwestiwn, ie. Diolch.
English: So, Minister, what steps is this Government taking to stop this from becoming a full-blown crisis in my region, to cut extortionate waiting times, and can you commit to updating the Senedd on progress being made, going forward?
Welsh: Felly, Weinidog, pa gamau y mae'r Llywodraeth hon yn eu cymryd i atal hyn rhag dod yn argyfwng llwyr yn fy rhanbarth, i leihau amseroedd aros afresymol, ac a allwch ymrwymo i roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i'r Senedd am y cynnydd sy'n cael ei wneud, wrth symud ymlaen?
English: Questions now from party spokespeople. The Conservative spokesperson first of all, and these questions are to be answered by the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being. James Evans.
Welsh: Cwestiynau nawr gan lefarwyr y pleidiau. Llefarydd y Ceidwadwyr yn gyntaf, a'r cwestiynau yma i'w hateb gan y Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant. James Evans.
English: Diolch, Llywydd. Deputy Minister, this week is Mental Health Awareness Week, and I'm sure that you'd like to join me and others in this Chamber in recognising the importance of this week of raising the profiles of those struggling with their mental health, and to help those to access the support that they need from organisations whom they need to hear so we don't have people across Wales suffering in silence. Minister, can you confirm what support has the Government given to third sector organisations to help them to promote and raise awareness of this week, and what action is your Government taking to tackle this year's theme of loneliness?
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Ddirprwy Weinidog, yr wythnos hon yw Wythnos Ymwybyddiaeth Iechyd Meddwl, ac rwy'n siŵr yr hoffech ymuno â mi ac eraill yn y Siambr hon i gydnabod pwysigrwydd yr wythnos hon i godi proffil y rheini sy'n cael trafferth gyda'u hiechyd meddwl, ac i'w cynorthwyo i gael mynediad at y cymorth sydd ei angen arnynt gan sefydliadau y maent angen iddynt wrando, fel nad oes gennym bobl ledled Cymru yn dioddef yn dawel. Weinidog, a allwch gadarnhau pa gymorth y mae'r Llywodraeth wedi'i roi i sefydliadau trydydd sector i'w helpu i hyrwyddo a chodi ymwybyddiaeth o'r wythnos hon, a pha gamau y mae eich Llywodraeth yn eu cymryd i fynd i'r afael â thema eleni, sef unigrwydd?