English: Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer, for squeezing me in in the debate and I just wanted to say, really, that, like everyone else, I was deeply shocked at the figures that emerged. The thought that a quarter of older people in our country here in Wales feel that they are lonely, I think, is a very sobering thought, and I think that all the members of the committee felt very sobered by the extent of these figures and the fact that for the over-80s it was so much worse. Many people have mentioned the fact that it's not just older people, and I do have particular concern about older people from the BME community and, indeed, anyone who has a language barrier, because I think that the problem of not being able to communicate easily is a huge problem for building up relationships, and I think that is something that we should be very aware of when we look into how we tackle this issue. Other people have also mentioned about the fact that Stonewall Cymru has highlighted the fact that lesbian, gay, bi and trans people are much more vulnerable to isolation and loneliness, and I know there have been some recommendations in the past about how those issues can be tackled. So, it is something that is not restricted to older people. But I was particularly impressed by what Joyce Watson said in her speech when she spoke about the general things that can really help older people to not be isolated and not be lonely, and, of course, she mentioned transport and being able to travel around, and I think the provision of the bus pass has been one of the greatest achievements of this Assembly, because it has, in fact, freed people to be able to travel without any concern about how much money it might cost them. So, it's things like that, I think, that actually do make a universal difference, but I think are very effective, and I'd like us to think, really, of that sort of solution because there are many ways that we can mitigate against isolation and loneliness. Toilets: lots of people have mentioned toilets. I had a huge petition collected on Whitchurch high street, mainly with older people going out and getting the signatures, to try to get a local toilet so that people would be able to go down to the high street, because so many older people have told me, 'Now there's no public toilets open there, we can't go out and we can't go shopping', so that is the wider issue. The general provision of public toilets, I think, is something that will also tackle that issue. And, just finally, to end, I'd just like to mention some initiatives in my constituency of Cardiff North: I would like to praise Cardiff Council for their setting-up of the hubs. The two libraries in Llanishen and Llandaff North, which have been developed as hubs - developed very sensitively, very bright, very attractive, and really are an excellent place for older people to go. And then I was very pleased to visit, with the Minister, the independent living centre where we saw some of the technology that Lee Waters said in his speech - . Where, in fact, technology is being used in this centre where you can monitor if somebody gets up or if somebody opens the window, and this is happening here in Cardiff very effectively. And that was quite an inspiring visit, I thought, and I'm sure the Minister would agree - Minister, that's right. Thank you very much for squeezing me in.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Ddirprwy Lywydd, am fy ngwasgu i mewn i'r ddadl, ac roeddwn am ddweud, mewn gwirionedd, fy mod i fel pawb arall wedi cael cryn syndod o weld y ffigurau a ddaeth i'r amlwg. Mae meddwl bod chwarter y bobl hŷn yn ein gwlad yma yng Nghymru yn teimlo eu bod yn unig, rwy'n credu, yn ystyriaeth ddifrifol iawn, a chredaf fod holl aelodau'r pwyllgor yn teimlo wedi'u sobreiddio gan raddau'r ffigurau hyn a'r ffaith ei fod cymaint yn waeth i rai dros 80 oed. Mae llawer o bobl wedi sôn nad mater sy'n ymwneud â phobl hŷn yn unig yw hwn, ac rwy'n bryderus iawn am bobl hŷn o'r gymuned ddu a lleiafrifoedd ethnig, ac yn wir, unrhyw un sydd â rhwystr iaith, oherwydd credaf fod y broblem o beidio â gallu cyfathrebu'n rhwydd yn broblem enfawr ar gyfer meithrin cysylltiadau, ac rwy'n credu bod hynny'n rhywbeth y dylem fod yn ymwybodol iawn ohono pan ydym yn edrych ar sut i fynd i'r afael â'r mater hwn. Mae pobl eraill wedi crybwyll y ffaith hefyd fod Stonewall Cymru wedi tynnu sylw at y ffaith bod pobl lesbiaidd, hoyw, a thraws yn llawer mwy agored i unigedd ac unigrwydd, a gwn y cafwyd rhai argymhellion yn y gorffennol ynglŷn â sut y gellir mynd i'r afael â'r pethau hynny. Felly, mae'n rhywbeth nad yw'n gyfyngedig i bobl hŷn. Ond gwnaed argraff arbennig arnaf gan yr hyn a ddywedodd Joyce Watson yn ei haraith pan siaradodd am y pethau cyffredinol a all helpu pobl hŷn mewn gwirionedd i beidio â bod yn ynysig ac yn unig, ac wrth gwrs, soniodd am drafnidiaeth a gallu teithio o gwmpas, a chredaf mai darparu'r tocyn bws yw un o gyflawniadau mwyaf y Cynulliad hwn, oherwydd mae wedi rhyddhau pobl i allu teithio heb unrhyw bryder ynglŷn â faint o arian y gallai gostio iddynt. Felly, mae pethau felly yn gwneud gwahaniaeth cyffredinol, ond rwy'n credu eu bod yn effeithiol iawn, a hoffwn inni feddwl, mewn gwirionedd, am y math hwnnw o ateb oherwydd mae llawer o ffyrdd y gallwn liniaru unigedd ac unigrwydd. Toiledau: mae llawer o bobl wedi sôn am doiledau. Cefais ddeiseb anferth a gasglwyd ar stryd fawr yr Eglwys Newydd, yn bennaf gan bobl hŷn a oedd wedi mynd allan i gasglu llofnodion, er mwyn ceisio cael toiled lleol fel y byddai pobl yn gallu mynd i'r stryd fawr, oherwydd mae cymaint o bobl hŷn wedi dweud wrthyf, 'Gan nad oes unrhyw doiledau cyhoeddus ar agor yno bellach, ni allwn fynd i siopa', felly dyna yw'r broblem ehangach. Mae darparu toiledau yn gyffredinol yn rhywbeth a fydd yn mynd i'r afael â'r broblem honno hefyd yn fy marn i. Ac yn olaf, i orffen, hoffwn grybwyll rhai mentrau yn fy etholaeth i, Gogledd Caerdydd: hoffwn ganmol Cyngor Caerdydd am sefydlu'r hybiau. Y ddwy lyfrgell yn Llanisien a Gogledd Llandaf, a ddatblygwyd fel hybiau - cawsant eu datblygu mewn modd sensitif iawn, llachar iawn, a deniadol iawn, ac yn wir maent yn lleoedd ardderchog i bobl hŷn fynd iddynt. Wedyn, roeddwn yn falch iawn o ymweld, gyda'r Gweinidog, â'r ganolfan byw'n annibynnol lle y gwelsom beth o'r dechnoleg y soniodd Lee Waters amdani yn ei araith - . Yn wir, defnyddir technoleg yno lle y gallwch fonitro os yw rhywun yn codi neu os yw rhywun yn agor y ffenestr, ac mae hyn yn digwydd yma yng Nghaerdydd yn effeithiol iawn. Ac roedd hwnnw'n ymweliad go ysbrydoledig yn fy marn i, ac rwy'n siŵr y byddai'r Gweinidog yn cytuno - Weinidog, mae hynny'n gywir. Diolch yn fawr iawn am fy ngwasgu i mewn.