English: I only wish to raise a single item and call on the Welsh Government to have a Government debate on prevention and early intervention services, which its legislation and its statements continuously and rightly support, but in practice its actions are stripping out these services at huge additional cost to our health services and social services, which are at crisis level. Last week, we heard disappointment from both the First Minister and the education Secretary about the closure of Afasic Cymru, despite the decision to close Afasic Cymru being forced on its trustees by the Welsh Government's decision to end the children and families delivery grant and switch the funding elsewhere. Afasic Cymru is the only charity representing families of children with speech, language and communication needs in Wales, and in north Wales alone it has supported hundreds of families over the last year, taking pressure off statutory services, improving lives. Welsh Women's Aid has expressed concern that the direct funding it receives from the Welsh Government has fallen from £355,000 for specialist violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence services, to just £34,000 in the current financial year, and although the funding is passed to regional health boards, this, they say, hasn't happened. Last Friday, I attended the Save the Welsh Independent Living Grant exhibition at Theatr Clwyd, to show my support for the campaign, led by Nathan Lee Davies in Wrexham, because they recognise that Welsh Government plans to remove ring fencing will mean that independent living for disabled people with high care and support needs will be at risk, as the funding instead goes without ring fencing to local authorities. Similar concerns have been raised loudly and consistently with you by the housing-related support community about Supporting People, after you wrote to local authorities saying that you're removing the ring fence for Supporting People, and giving them spending flexibility that currently goes to prevention and early intervention services. And finally I'll mention one more example. Last year, you scrapped or removed £5.5 million from the Family Fund for vulnerable families with disabled children, meaning that the number of families supported this year has fallen from 5,429 to just 875, and the majority not getting the support said that there was no other support available for them. This false economy is adding tens, if not hundreds, of millions of pounds and pressures onto our health and social services. It goes completely against the spirit of your legislation and actions in respect of prevention and early intervention, and I urge you to have a debate so that we can air this fully, and hopefully agree a way to start restoring the support to the projects making such a big difference in the communities and families across Wales.
Welsh: Dim ond un eitem yr wyf eisiau ei chodi, ac rwy'n galw ar Lywodraeth Cymru i gael dadl y Llywodraeth ar wasanaethau atal ac ymyrryd yn gynnar, y mae ei datganiadau a'i deddfwriaeth yn eu cefnogi yn barhaus ac yn briodol, ond yn ymarferol mae ei gweithredoedd yn lleihau'r gwasanaethau hyn ar gost ychwanegol enfawr i'n gwasanaethau iechyd a'r gwasanaethau cymdeithasol, sydd ar lefel argyfwng. Yr wythnos diwethaf, clywsom siom gan y Prif Weinidog a'r Ysgrifennydd dros addysg bod Afasic Cymru yn cau, er bod y penderfyniad i gau Afasic Cymru wedi ei orfodi ar ei ymddiriedolwyr gan benderfyniad Llywodraeth Cymru i roi terfyn ar y grant cyflawni ar gyfer plant a theuluoedd a symud y cyllid i fannau eraill. Afasic Cymru yw'r unig elusen sy'n cynrychioli teuluoedd plant sydd ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu yng Nghymru, ac yn y gogledd yn unig mae wedi cefnogi cannoedd o deuluoedd yn ystod y flwyddyn ddiwethaf, gan dynnu pwysau oddi ar y gwasanaethau statudol, a gwella bywydau. Mae Cymorth i Ferched Cymru wedi mynegi pryder bod y cyllid uniongyrchol y mae'n ei gael gan Lywodraeth Cymru wedi gostwng o £355,000 am wasanaethau arbenigol trais yn erbyn menywod, cam-drin domestig a thrais rhywiol, i ddim ond £34,000 yn y flwyddyn ariannol bresennol, ac er bod y cyllid i fod i gael ei drosglwyddo i'r byrddau iechyd rhanbarthol, maen nhw'n dweud nad yw hyn wedi digwydd. Ddydd Gwener diwethaf, es i i'r arddangosfa Achub Grant Byw'n Annibynnol Cymru, i ddangos fy nghefnogaeth i'r ymgyrch, a arweinir gan Nathan Lee Davies yn Wrecsam, oherwydd eu bod yn cydnabod bod cynlluniau Llywodraeth Cymru i roi terfyn ar glustnodi arian yn golygu y bydd perygl i allu pobl anabl sydd ag anghenion gofal a chymorth uchel fyw yn annibynnol, gan y bydd yr arian yn hytrach yn mynd heb ei glustnodi i awdurdodau lleol. Codwyd pryderon tebyg yn uchel ac yn gyson gyda chi gan y gymuned cymorth sy'n gysylltiedig â thai ynghylch Cefnogi Pobl, ar ôl ichi ysgrifennu at awdurdodau lleol i ddweud y byddwch chi'n dod â'r clustnodi i ben ar gyfer Cefnogi Pobl, a rhoi iddynt yr hyblygrwydd gwario sydd ar hyn o bryd yn mynd i wasanaethau atal ac ymyrryd yn gynnar. Ac yn olaf, fe soniaf am un enghraifft arall. Y llynedd, fe wnaethoch ddileu neu dynnu £5.5 miliwn oddi ar y Gronfa Teulu ar gyfer teuluoedd agored i niwed sydd â phlant anabl, sy'n golygu bod nifer y teuluoedd a gefnogir eleni wedi gostwng o 5,429 i 875 yn unig, a dywedodd y mwyafrif nad ydynt yn cael y cymorth bellach, nad oes unrhyw gymorth arall ar gael iddynt. Mae'r arbed arian ffug hwn yn ychwanegu degau, os nad cannoedd o filiynau o bunnoedd a phwysau ar ein gwasanaethau cymdeithasol a'r gwasanaeth iechyd. Mae'n mynd yn gwbl groes i ysbryd eich deddfwriaeth a'ch camau gweithredu sy'n gysylltiedig ag atal ac ymyrraeth gynnar, ac rwy'n eich annog i gael dadl fel y gallwn ni drafod hyn yn llawn, gyda'r gobaith y gallwn ni gytuno ar ffordd i ddechrau adfer y cymorth i'r prosiectau sy'n gwneud cymaint o wahaniaeth yn y cymunedau ac i deuluoedd ledled Cymru.