English: I thank you for those questions. We'll start with the bit we can agree on, and that is that sport is very much an integral part of our life and our culture here in Wales. The role of Sport Wales is extremely important in that. A strong part of my statement today has been about the importance of the staff at Sport Wales and seeking to offer them some assurance, and to express my personal gratitude for the professionalism with which they have conducted themselves and continued working with such passion for sport in Wales over the recent weeks and months, which I know have been difficult for them. As I got to my feet today, a statement went around to all staff at Sport Wales again expressing my gratitude to them. You asked when the concerns first came to the fore. Well, as I said in my statement in November, those concerns came to the fore in November. On Tuesday 22 November, there was the unanimous vote of no confidence passed by the board in the chair, and then I took action on 23 November, with the full agreement of the chair and vice-chair, to suspend the activities of the board until this assurance review could be completed. That, as I said at the time, was a neutral act. I think that the Welsh Government did act swiftly when concerns were first raised. You referred to the review of Sport Wales that the chair was undertaking. The assurance review itself didn't consider the review that the chair was undertaking or the wider effectiveness of Sport Wales as an organisation. However, the review did find widespread support for the review that the chair was undertaking. As I said in my statement, I want to see that review completed and reported to me as soon as possible, and I would like one of the members of the independent panel that was advising that piece of work to conclude that work on my behalf. With regard to Lawrence Conway, I am extremely grateful to him for taking on this role at such short notice and at no cost to the public purse, I have to say; he's doing it without remuneration. His credentials, I think, speak for themselves. He has over 40 years of public service experience, with specific experience of the interface between Government and sponsored bodies. He will help guide Sport Wales through this difficult period. He joined the civil service in 1968 and worked in various roles throughout his career in the Welsh Office, including a secondment to the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation in the early 1990s as assistant to the chief executive. More recently, he headed the division in the Welsh Office responsible for sponsoring a number of arm's-length bodies, including the Welsh Development Agency, and was appointed head of the Cabinet Secretariat and subsequently the First Minister's department in 1998. He served in that capacity until his retirement in 2010. He will certainly be undertaking his role within the context of the Nolan principles, in which we would expect all people in these positions to operate.
Welsh: Diolch i chi am y cwestiynau yna. Dechreuwn gyda'r hyn y gallwn ni gytuno arno, sef bod chwaraeon yn rhan annatod iawn o'n bywyd a'n diwylliant yma yng Nghymru. Mae Swyddogaeth Chwaraeon Cymru yn eithriadol o bwysig yn hynny o beth. Mae rhan gref o fy natganiad heddiw wedi ymwneud â phwysigrwydd y staff yn Chwaraeon Cymru a cheisio cynnig rhywfaint o sicrwydd iddynt, ac i fynegi fy niolch personol am y proffesiynoldeb maen nhw wedi ei ddangos ac am barhau i weithio gyda'r fath angerdd am chwaraeon yng Nghymru dros yr wythnosau a'r misoedd diwethaf, sydd wedi bod yn anodd iddyn nhw, mi wn. Wrth i mi godi ar fy nhraed heddiw, aeth datganiad i holl staff Chwaraeon Cymru unwaith eto yn mynegi fy niolch iddynt. Fe wnaethoch chi ofyn pryd y daeth y pryderon i'r amlwg yn gyntaf. Wel, fel y dywedais yn fy natganiad ym mis Tachwedd, daeth y pryderon hynny i'r amlwg ym mis Tachwedd. Ddydd Mawrth 22 Tachwedd, pasiwyd pleidlais unfrydol o ddiffyg hyder yn y cadeirydd gan y bwrdd, a chymerais gamau ar 23 Tachwedd, gyda chydsyniad llawn y cadeirydd a'r is-gadeirydd, i atal gweithgareddau'r bwrdd hyd y gellid cwblhau'r adolygiad o sicrwydd hwn. Roedd honno, fel y dywedais ar y pryd, yn weithred niwtral. Gweithredodd Llywodraeth Cymru yn gyflym yn fy marn i, pan godwyd y pryderon yn gyntaf. Fe wnaethoch chi gyfeirio at yr adolygiad o Chwaraeon Cymru yr oedd y cadeirydd yn ei gynnal. Nid oedd yr adolygiad o sicrwydd ei hun yn ystyried yr adolygiad yr oedd y cadeirydd yn ei gynnal nac effeithiolrwydd ehangach Chwaraeon Cymru fel sefydliad. Fodd bynnag, canfu'r adolygiad gefnogaeth eang i'r adolygiad yr oedd y cadeirydd yn ei gynnal. Fel y dywedais yn fy natganiad, rwyf i'n dymuno gweld yr adolygiad hwnnw yn cael ei gwblhau a'i adrodd i mi cyn gynted ag y bo modd, a hoffwn i un o aelodau'r panel annibynnol a oedd yn cynghori ar y gwaith hwnnw gwblhau'r gwaith hwnnw ar fy rhan. O ran Lawrence Conway, rwy'n hynod ddiolchgar iddo am gamu i'r swydd hon ar gymaint o fyr rybudd a heb gost i'r pwrs cyhoeddus, mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud; mae'n gwneud hyn heb gydnabyddiaeth. Mae ei gymwysterau, yn fy marn i, yn llefaru drostynt eu hunain. Mae ganddo dros 40 mlynedd o brofiad mewn gwasanaethau cyhoeddus, â phrofiad penodol o'r rhyngwyneb rhwng y Llywodraeth a chyrff noddedig. Bydd yn helpu i lywio Chwaraeon Cymru drwy'r cyfnod anodd hwn. Ymunodd â'r gwasanaeth sifil ym 1968 a bu'n gweithio mewn amryw o swyddi drwy gydol ei yrfa yn y Swyddfa Gymreig, gan gynnwys secondiad i Gorfforaeth Datblygu Bae Caerdydd yn y 1990au cynnar fel cynorthwy-ydd i'r prif weithredwr. Yn fwy diweddar, bu'n bennaeth yr is-adran yn y Swyddfa Gymreig a oedd yn gyfrifol am noddi nifer o gyrff hyd braich, gan gynnwys Awdurdod Datblygu Cymru, a chafodd ei benodi'n bennaeth Ysgrifenyddiaeth y Cabinet ac adran y Prif Weinidog wedi hynny ym 1998. Gwasanaethodd yn y swydd honno tan ei ymddeoliad yn 2010. Bydd yn sicr yn ymgymryd â'i swyddogaeth yng nghyd-destun egwyddorion Nolan, fel y byddem ni'n disgwyl i bawb yn y swyddi hyn ei wneud.