English: Diolch, Llywydd. We are retaining amendment 34, as the Minister's responses on workforce planning throughout Stages 1 and 2 have simply not been satisfactory enough. This amendment ensures Ministers are under a duty to examine the capacity of the childcare workforce so enough childcare is available for parents to take up the offer. It is essential that capacity is scrutinised as evidence has highlighted that, particularly during pinch-points, during academic years, especially during school holidays, there have been problems. Furthermore, Cwlwm - the umbrella body for five childcare providers in Wales - noted that there was a lack of qualified staff, difficulties in staff retention due to low wages and insufficient hours, a lack of registrable venues and availability of school and community buildings to hold childcare services. Worryingly, there are deficits within certain areas of the childcare sector, including providers who can provide childcare through the medium of Welsh and staff who are trained to provide childcare for children with additional learning needs. National Deaf Children's Society Cymru has called on the Welsh Government to consider skill sets of the childcare workforce in relation to children with ALN. Furthermore, the recent re-evaluation of the offer's pilot area showed low usage rates of the Welsh Government's special educational needs budget for early implementer local authorities. Local authorities highlight uncertainty among local authorities about how to allocate this budget and this could be used to train the childcare providers. Social Care Wales also estimates that 21,000 additional full-time equivalent places would be needed to meet demand, if the anticipated number of parents take up the offer, and 2,637 extra workers would be needed nationally by the full roll-out in 2020. As there is not present capacity to provide this, to meet a potential shortfall, a 700 per cent increase would be needed in the number of childcare apprenticeship recruitments and completions over two years. Additionally, the recent evaluation on the early implementers of the childcare offer has noted that, while few providers have concerns about capacity, to accommodate the current demand, many note that they were already operating at full or near full capacity. And others did not wish to expand as this would adversely affect the character of their childcare setting. It is also concerning to see that one third of childcare providers in the pilot areas now do not have the capacity to expand should demand increase. So, there again, not only does this contradict the Minister's assertions at Stage 2 that early implementer authorities were not showing strains within the system, it makes a review of workforce capacity even more necessary. While the Minister is promising more robust reviews of workforce planning in years two and three of implementing the offer, this still leaves out the Assembly's functions to scrutinise whether the childcare workforce does have capacity to deliver this offer. Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Rydym yn cadw gwelliant 34, gan nad yw ymatebion y Gweinidog ar gynllunio'r gweithlu drwy gydol Cyfnod 1 a 2 wedi bod yn ddigon boddhaol. Mae'r gwelliant hwn yn sicrhau bod dyletswydd ar Weinidogion i archwilio gallu'r gweithlu gofal plant fel bod digon o ofal plant ar gael i rieni allu manteisio ar y cynnig. Mae'n hanfodol ein bod yn gallu craffu ar gapasiti gan fod tystiolaeth wedi dangos bod problemau wedi codi, yn enwedig ar adegau penodol, yn ystod blynyddoedd academaidd, yn enwedig yn ystod gwyliau'r ysgol. At hynny, mae Cwlwm - y corff ymbarél ar gyfer pump o ddarparwyr gofal plant yng Nghymru - wedi nodi prinder staff cymwysedig, anawsterau o ran cadw staff oherwydd cyflogau isel ac oriau annigonol, diffyg lleoliadau cofrestradwy ac argaeledd adeiladau ysgol a chymunedol i gynnal gwasanaethau gofal plant. Yn anffodus, ceir diffygion mewn rhai meysydd o'r sector gofal plant, gan gynnwys darparwyr sy'n gallu darparu gofal plant drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg a staff sydd wedi'u hyfforddi i ddarparu gofal plant ar gyfer plant ag anghenion dysgu ychwanegol. Mae Cymdeithas Genedlaethol i Blant Byddar Cymru wedi galw ar Lywodraeth Cymru i ystyried setiau sgiliau'r gweithlu gofal plant mewn perthynas â phlant ag anghenion dysgu ychwanegol. Ar ben hynny, dangosodd ailwerthusiad diweddar o ardal beilot y cynnig gyfraddau isel o ddefnydd ar gyllideb anghenion addysgol arbennig Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer awdurdodau lleol sy'n weithredwyr cynnar. Mae awdurdodau lleol yn tynnu sylw at ansicrwydd ymysg awdurdodau lleol ynglŷn â sut i ddyrannu'r gyllideb hon, a gellid ei defnyddio i hyfforddi'r darparwyr gofal plant. Mae Gofal Cymdeithasol Cymru hefyd yn amcangyfrif y byddai angen 21,000 o leoedd ychwanegol cyfwerth ag amser llawn i ateb y galw, os yw'r nifer ddisgwyliedig o rieni'n manteisio ar y cynnig, a byddai angen 2,637 o weithwyr ychwanegol yn genedlaethol erbyn i'r cynnig gael ei gyflwyno'n llawn yn 2020. Gan nad oes capasiti ar hyn o bryd i ddarparu hyn, er mwyn mynd i'r afael â'r prinder posibl, byddai angen cynnydd o 700 y cant yn nifer y prentisiaethau gofal plant a gaiff eu recriwtio a'u cwblhau dros ddwy flynedd. Yn ogystal, mae'r gwerthusiad diweddar o weithredwyr cynnar y cynnig gofal plant wedi nodi, er nad oes llawer o ddarparwyr yn pryderu ynglŷn â chapasiti, er mwyn diwallu'r galw presennol, mae llawer yn nodi eu bod eisoes yn gweithredu ar gapasiti llawn neu bron yn llawn. Ac nid oedd eraill am ehangu gan y byddai hynny'n effeithio'n andwyol ar gymeriad eu lleoliad gofal plant. Testun pryder arall yw'r ffaith nad oes gan un rhan o dair o'r darparwyr gofal plant yn yr ardaloedd peilot gapasiti i ehangu ar hyn o bryd pe bai'r galw'n cynyddu. Felly, yma eto, nid yn unig fod hyn yn gwrthddweud honiadau'r Gweinidog yng Nghyfnod 2 nad oedd awdurdodau sy'n weithredwyr cynnar yn dangos straen o fewn y system, mae'n gwneud adolygiad o gapasiti'r gweithlu hyd yn oed yn fwy angenrheidiol. Er bod y Gweinidog yn addo adolygiadau mwy trylwyr o gynlluniau ar gyfer y gweithlu yn mlynyddoedd dau a thri o weithredu'r cynnig, mae hynny'n dal i hepgor swyddogaethau'r Cynulliad i graffu ar gapasiti'r gweithlu gofal plant i ddarparu'r cynnig hwn. Diolch i chi.