English: It's a pleasure to take part in this debate this afternoon, although I do feel a bit like a radio DJ on early breakfast now, as we're in the graveyard shift. This time of year, I usually get a little bit disappointed as well, because I always have this picture in my mind that we're going to be sat here like Charles Babbage with calculators, sort of going line by line through the figures, but I understand it's not like that and we have to be a bit more woolly and subjective about some of the things that we're talking about in a roundabout way. As this budget has shown, the Welsh Government is continuing to undervalue social care, and not have its priorities in order. The over-reliance on agency workers and worsening skills shortage is leaving the sector incapable of functioning properly. Instead of taking responsibility, the Welsh Government puts the blame on local authorities, forcing them to consider cuts that affect the most vulnerable. A recent case of that was my own council in Denbighshire. It was widely reported that they were discussing reducing the care home fee for our most vulnerable residents in the constituency behind closed doors, without public scrutiny. So, I don't agree with the leadership decision to do that, and I think it should be debated in a public setting, where all stakeholders can be involved. Even when the Government has taken some responsibility, it has been a shockingly poor response to the needs of social care, and only £400,000 has been allocated to apprenticeships, with no answer on how to plug the gaps. That brings me on to the training opportunities. I think, in social care, it's not always just about pay, although that is very important. It's also about the training and people feeling like they're valued in their roles, like they've got a career path and something to aspire to. I think that's a big thing in terms of the retention and recruitment of social care staff within various different settings. In my own constituency, I've done a programme of care home visits, and a lot of them are not operating to capacity. They might have, for example, an allocation of 50 beds, but they can only operate at maybe 25 to 30 because they just don't have the staff available, and then that's then backlogging onto the NHS system and contributing to some of the waiting times we're seeing and bedblocking, although I'm not too keen on that sort of wording, although I can't think of a better one at the moment. Equally, even though the Welsh Government has recognised the role of unpaid carers, I'm deeply concerned that the Welsh Government does not see this, providing financial support to them, as a priority. This budget continues to undervalue, under-reward and underfund our carers, and all of this shows, whilst the UK Conservative Government levels up, the Welsh Labour Government is messing up.
Welsh: Mae'n bleser cymryd rhan yn y ddadl hon y prynhawn yma, er fy mod yn teimlo ychydig fel DJ ar y radio ar raglen brecwast cynnar nawr, gan ein bod ni ar y shifft hwyr. Ar yr adeg hon o'r flwyddyn, fel arfer rwy'n mynd ychydig bach yn siomedig hefyd, achos mae gen i'r llun yma bob amser yn fy meddwl ein bod ni'n mynd i fod yn eistedd yma fel Charles Babbage gyda chyfrifianellau, gan fynd llinell ar ôl llinell drwy'r ffigurau, ond rwy'n deall nad fel yna y mae ac mae'n rhaid i ni fod ychydig yn fwy amwys a goddrychol am rai o'r pethau rydyn ni'n sôn amdanyn nhw mewn ffordd anuniongyrchol. Fel mae'r gyllideb hon wedi dangos, mae Llywodraeth Cymru'n parhau i danbrisio gofal cymdeithasol, ac nid oes ganddi ei blaenoriaethau yn y drefn iawn. Mae'r orddibyniaeth ar weithwyr asiantaeth a'r prinder sgiliau sy'n gwaethygu yn gadael y sector mewn sefyllfa sy'n golygu na all weithio'n iawn. Yn hytrach na chymryd cyfrifoldeb, mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn rhoi'r bai ar awdurdodau lleol, gan eu gorfodi i ystyried toriadau sy'n effeithio ar y bobl fwyaf agored i niwed. Achos diweddar o hynny oedd fy nghyngor fy hun yn sir Ddinbych. Adroddwyd yn eang eu bod yn trafod lleihau ffioedd cartref gofal ein preswylwyr mwyaf agored i niwed yn yr etholaeth y tu ôl i ddrysau caeedig, heb graffu cyhoeddus. Felly, dydw i ddim yn cytuno â phenderfyniad yr arweinwyr i wneud hynny, ac rwy'n credu y dylid ei drafod mewn lleoliad cyhoeddus, lle gall yr holl randdeiliaid fod yn rhan o'r broses. Hyd yn oed pan fo'r Llywodraeth wedi cymryd rhywfaint o gyfrifoldeb, mae wedi bod yn ymateb brawychus o wael i anghenion gofal cymdeithasol, a dim ond £400,000 sydd wedi'i ddyrannu i brentisiaethau, ac nid oes ateb yn ynghylch sut i lenwi'r bylchau. Mae hynny'n dod a fi at y cyfleoedd hyfforddi. Rwy'n credu, mewn gofal cymdeithasol, nad yw'n ymwneud â chyflog bob tro, er bod hynny'n bwysig iawn. Mae hefyd yn ymwneud â'r hyfforddiant a phobl yn teimlo eu bod yn cael eu gwerthfawrogi yn eu rolau, fel bod ganddyn nhw lwybr gyrfa a rhywbeth i anelu ato. Rwy'n credu bod hynny'n beth mawr o ran cadw a recriwtio staff gofal cymdeithasol o fewn gwahanol leoliadau. Yn fy etholaeth i fy hun, rydw i wedi gwneud rhaglen o ymweliadau cartrefi gofal, ac nid yw llawer ohonyn nhw yn gweithredu ar lefel y capasiti. Efallai fod ganddyn nhw, er enghraifft, ddyraniad o 50 gwely, ond dim ond ar efallai 25 i 30 y gallant weithredu oherwydd nad oes ganddyn nhw'r staff ar gael, ac yna mae hynny wedyn yn achosi ôl-groniad yn system y GIG ac yn cyfrannu at rai o'r amseroedd aros rydym yn eu gweld a blocio gwelyau, er nad wyf yn rhy hoff o'r math hwnnw o eiriad, ond ni allaf feddwl am eiriad gwell ar hyn o bryd. Yn yr un modd, er bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cydnabod rôl gofalwyr di-dâl, rwy'n bryderus iawn nad yw Llywodraeth Cymru'n gweld hyn, gan roi cymorth ariannol iddyn nhw, fel blaenoriaeth. Mae'r gyllideb hon yn parhau i danbrisio, tan-wobrwyo a thanariannu ein gofalwyr, ac mae hyn i gyd yn dangos, tra bod Llywodraeth Geidwadol y DU yn codi'r gwastad, mae Llywodraeth Lafur Cymru yn gwneud llanast.