English: Well, can I thank Helen Mary Jones for the points that she raises and the very valid questions? And I should begin by saying that, normally, this department would administer something in the region of £20 million to £30 million of business support grants through the business and regions budget line in an average year. And, of course, there would be other grants that would be awarded for entrepreneurial start-ups and so forth, but that pales into insignificance compared to the amount of grant awards that we've made this year: £1.7 billion of money is already in the accounts of businesses from the £2 billion available to us. One hundred and seventy-eight thousand grants have been made to businesses, worth £1 billion, through local authorities. That is a remarkable effort. Five hundred and twenty million pounds has been made available to businesses through the Welsh Government's economic resilience fund, supporting thousands and thousands of businesses and 140,000-plus people in employment. So, in terms of being able to get money into bank accounts swiftly, I think we have an incredibly strong story to tell. But we wish to make sure that we continue with that swift pace of administration in the weeks and months to come. What we are keen to do, as well, is to ensure that businesses don't submit duplicate applications for grants, and, unfortunately, it's become quite apparent of late that a significant number of businesses have indeed submitted duplicate applications, and that can sometimes then hold up an award because we have to cross-reference applications against others, so that we don't make multiple awards to the same business. And so, what I would urge businesses to do, to ensure that they support us in helping them, is to sign up to Business Wales so that they get regular updates, regular digital news letters, and to ensure that when they are considering making an application, whether it be for UK or Welsh Government support, that they do look at the eligibility criteria very carefully, so that they are not then disappointed as a result of either missing details of the eligibility criteria or, indeed, ignoring them completely. It's absolutely essential that businesses help us to help them by applying only once for grants and by applying for the ones that are relevant to them.
Welsh: Wel, a gaf fi ddiolch i Helen Mary Jones am y pwyntiau y mae'n eu codi a'r cwestiynau dilys iawn? A dylwn ddechrau drwy ddweud y byddai'r adran hon, fel arfer, yn gweinyddu rhywle rhwng £20 miliwn a £30 miliwn o grantiau cymorth busnes drwy linell wariant busnes a rhanbarthau mewn blwyddyn gyffredin. Ac wrth gwrs, byddai grantiau eraill yn cael eu dyfarnu ar gyfer busnesau entrepreneuraidd newydd ac ati, ond nid yw hynny'n ddim o'i gymharu â swm y grantiau rydym wedi'u dyfarnu eleni: mae £1.7 biliwn o arian eisoes yng nghyfrifon busnesau o'r £2 biliwn sydd ar gael i ni. Mae 178,000 o grantiau wedi'u rhoi i fusnesau, gwerth £1 biliwn, drwy awdurdodau lleol. Mae honno'n ymdrech ryfeddol. Mae £520 miliwn ar gael i fusnesau drwy gronfa cadernid economaidd Llywodraeth Cymru, i gefnogi miloedd ar filoedd o fusnesau a mwy na 140,000 o bobl mewn gwaith. Felly, o ran gallu rhoi arian mewn cyfrifon banc yn gyflym, credaf fod gennym hanes anhygoel o gryf. Ond rydym am sicrhau ein bod yn parhau i weinyddu'n gyflym yn yr wythnosau a'r misoedd i ddod. Yr hyn rydym yn awyddus i'w wneud, hefyd, yw sicrhau nad yw busnesau'n cyflwyno ceisiadau dyblyg am grantiau, ac yn anffodus, mae'n dod yn eithaf amlwg yn ddiweddar fod nifer sylweddol o fusnesau wedi cyflwyno ceisiadau dyblyg, a gall hynny weithiau arwain at oedi cyn rhoi dyfarniad gan fod rhaid inni groesgyfeirio ceisiadau yn erbyn ei gilydd, fel nad ydym yn dyfarnu sawl dyfarniad i'r un busnes. Ac felly, yr hyn y byddwn yn annog busnesau i'w wneud, er mwyn sicrhau eu bod yn ein cefnogi i'w cynorthwyo, yw ymuno â Busnes Cymru fel eu bod yn cael diweddariadau rheolaidd, newyddlenni digidol rheolaidd, ac i sicrhau, pan fyddant yn ystyried gwneud cais, boed hynny am gymorth gan Lywodraeth y DU neu Lywodraeth Cymru, eu bod yn edrych ar y meini prawf cymhwysedd yn ofalus iawn, fel na chânt eu siomi naill ai o ganlyniad i fethu manylion y meini prawf cymhwysedd, neu'n wir, eu hanwybyddu'n llwyr. Mae'n gwbl hanfodol fod busnesau yn ein cynorthwyo ni i'w cynorthwyo hwy drwy wneud ceisiadau am grantiau unwaith yn unig, a thrwy wneud ceisiadau am y rhai sy'n berthnasol iddynt hwy.