techiaith/cofnodycynulliad_en-cy huggingface dataset:
English: Good question. An exceptionally complex question to answer. Partly, it's down to something that I've already referred to: a lack of consistency in terms of service provision - someone entering a reception area, not thinking that they're going to get a Welsh language service, not getting that service, and losing confidence. And this can happen over the phone, too. We've done some very useful shadowing work in terms of understanding the process gone through by service users. It's a loss of confidence, its embarrassment, feeling they are being awkward, and then, on that second occasion, they will turn to English rather than seeking to use Welsh. So, this is work that we are doing with organisations in terms of raising awareness of the importance of consistency, but also the importance of marketing the fact that services are available where they are available. It's the active offer. Organisations aren't doing the simple things, such as the lanyards, putting a sign on the desk that a Welsh language service is available, and then people think, 'Well, I'm not sure if I'll try and use the Welsh language here'. So, it's a combination of uncertainty, some poor experiences in the past, the service not being there when someone truly needed it, some problems in terms of promotion within organisations. And we discuss nudge theory a great deal, and trying to understand how one increases the use of the language. And we have to bear in mind, too, the history of all of this, where services haven't been available, and people's habits in walking into official scenarios, administrative scenarios, and turning to English.
Welsh: Cwestiwn da. Cwestiwn aruthrol o gymhleth i'w ateb. Peth o'r rheswm yw rhywbeth yr ydw i wedi cyfeirio ato yn barod: diffyg cysondeb o ran darparu gwasanaethau - rhywun yn mynd i dderbynfa, ddim yn meddwl eu bod yn mynd i gael gwasanaeth Cymraeg, ddim yn cael gwasanaeth Cymraeg, colli ffydd, colli hyder. Mae hyn yn digwydd ar y ffôn hefyd. Ac rydym ni wedi gwneud gwaith cysgodi defnyddwyr defnyddiol iawn o'n rhan ni o ran deall proses defnyddiwr. Colli hyder, embarrassment, teimlo eu bod nhw'n bod yn lletchwith, ac wedyn, yr ail dro wedyn, efallai'n troi at y Saesneg yn hytrach na defnyddio'r Gymraeg. So, felly, mae hwn yn waith yr ŷm ni'n ei wneud gyda sefydliadau i godi eu hymwybyddiaeth nhw o bwysigrwydd y cysondeb yna, ond hefyd bwysigrwydd marchnata'r ffaith bod gwasanaethau ar gael pan fyddan nhw ar gael - y cynnig rhagweithiol. Nid yw sefydliadau'n gwneud y pethau syml, fel y lanyards, gosod allan ar ddesg bod y Gymraeg ar gael, ac felly rhywun yn meddwl, 'W, dwi ddim yn siŵr a ydw i'n mynd i drial defnyddio'r Gymraeg fan hyn'. So, felly, cyfuniad o ansicrwydd, ambell i brofiad gwael, y gwasanaeth ddim yna pan oedd rhywun wirioneddol ei angen e, diffyg o ran sefydliadau o ran hyrwyddo. Ac rŷm ni'n trafod lot ar bethau fel nudge theory ac yn y blaen, ac yn trial deall sut mae rhywun yn cynyddu defnydd. Ac mae'n rhaid inni gofio hefyd hanes, sef nad yw gwasanaethau wedi bod ar gael, ac arfer pobl o gerdded i mewn i sefyllfaoedd swyddogol, gweinyddol a defnyddio'r Saesneg.
English: But you would think that things would have improved, because there are many more standards now on the organisations and the fact that more compliance is happening. And yet there's that perception that rights aren't available. Does it relate to the perception regarding services outside the statutory area?
Welsh: Ond buasech chi'n meddwl y buasai pethau wedi gwella oherwydd bod yna lawer mwy o safonau rŵan ar y cyrff a bod mwy o gydymffurfio yn digwydd. Ac eto, mae'r canfyddiad yna nad ydy'r hawliau ddim ar gael. A ydy'n ymwneud â'r canfyddiad ynglŷn â gwasanaethau y tu allan i'r maes statudol?
English: I think Gwenith referred to something interesting in terms of reception areas. Perhaps the service wasn't as good last year as it was the previous year, and that then has an influence on the user experience. I think all of those elements are implicit in all of this.
Welsh: Wel, rwy'n meddwl bod Gwenith wedi cyfeirio at rywbeth diddorol o ran derbynfeydd, sef efallai nad ydy'r gwasanaeth cystal y llynedd ag yr oedd y flwyddyn gynt, ac mae hynny wedyn yn dylanwadu ar brofiad y defnyddiwr. So, felly, rydw i'n credu bod yr elfennau yna ymhlyg yn ei gilydd hefyd.
English: Okay. Clearly, it's something that needs great attention, or there's no purpose - .
Welsh: Ocê. Mae'n amlwg yn rhywbeth sydd angen sylw mawr, neu na fuasai ddim pwrpas - .
English: If you look at the figures, it is simple things, like the fact that we sent out 66,000 'iaith gwaith' lanyards last year - an astonishing number - and tens of thousands of them are sitting in desks somewhere, no doubt, and they need to be worn. It's the little things. We could talk about our campaign, like the campaign in Carmarthenshire in terms of raising user awareness of the existence of their services - a campaign with Welsh speakers, but also with Welsh learners. That has increased usage. They have figures that show that that campaign has lead to an increase in the use of the Welsh language, but you need to maintain that. There's work that we can do, and we remind them, of course, but there's work for the organisations themselves too.
Welsh: Os edrychwch chi ar y ffigurau, pethau syml fel, fe wnaethom ni ddanfon allan 66,000 o lanyards 'iaith gwaith' y llynedd - mae yn swm syfrdanol - a degau o filoedd o'r rheini'n eistedd yn rhywle mewn desgiau, fuaswn i'n dweud, ac mae eisiau eu tynnu nhw allan a sicrhau eu bod nhw i gyd yn cael eu gwisgo. Pethau bach. Gallwn ni sôn am ein hymgyrch, fel ymgyrch sir Gâr yn codi ymwybyddiaeth defnyddwyr o fodolaeth eu gwasanaethau nhw - ymgyrch gyda siaradwyr Cymraeg, ond hefyd gyda pobl sy'n dysgu Cymraeg. Mae honno wedi cynyddu defnydd. Mae gyda nhw ffigurau bod yr ymgyrch yna wedi arwain at gynnydd defnydd, ond mae eisiau cynnal hynny. Mae gwaith y gallwn ni ei wneud, ac rydym ni'n eu hatgoffa nhw, ond mae yna waith i'r sefydliadau.
English: I know you've quoted one figure where there's been a reduction since last year, but there are a number of statistics, I think, and our experience of the discussion groups, other statistics from surveys, show that people feel there's been an improvement. The problem is, I think, maintaining that progress and standardising. If I had to summarise the experience, I would say that services are better and are available, but they're not available all the time. That is the challenge - to ensure that consistency and certainty.
Welsh: Rydw i'n gwybod eich bod chi wedi dyfynnu un ffigur lle mae yna ostyngiad wedi bod ers llynedd, ond mae yna nifer o ystadegau, rwy'n meddwl, ac mae ein profiad ni o'r grwpiau trafod a rhai ystadegau eraill o ran arolygon barn, sy'n dangos bod pobl yn teimlo bod yna welliant. Y broblem yw, rydw i'n meddwl, cynnal y gwelliant yna a chysoni. Pe buaswn i'n gorfod crynhoi'r profiad, fuaswn i'n dweud bod gwasanaethau yn well ac maen nhw ar gael, ond nid ydyn nhw ar gael bob amser. Felly, dyna'r her - cael y cysondeb yna a'r sicrwydd.
English: It may be that our expectations are increasing as well. I think that's certain to be part of it. In terms of policy-making standards, you're quite critical that organisations don't necessarily understand what that means. So, what can you do about that?
Welsh: Efallai mae ein disgwyliadau ni yn cynyddu hefyd. Mae hynny'n ran ohono rydw i'n siŵr. O ran y safonau llunio polisi, rydych chi'n reit feirniadol nad ydy sefydliadu'n deall beth mae hynny'n ei olygu mewn gwirionedd. Felly, beth fedrwch chi wneud am hynny?
English: Certainly, I think they haven't sat down and analysed exactly what the policy-making standards entail in the context of the Welsh language. They are about increasing opportunities to use the Welsh language and to assess and make assessments to see whether there are more opportunities or can we not restrict. It does also relate, of course, to better treatment for Welsh language users. But the pattern is setting the words 'Welsh language' in the equality impact assessments and considering it as a personal characteristic and discrimination. So, if the standards - and they are promotional ones - are around increasing use and increasing opportunities, they don't do the assessment using the correct methodology, and perhaps there is no monitoring. This is a pity because this offers the potential for an organisation to look at things at that initial stage and root the Welsh language into something they're deciding to do from the start. So, it can be a financial saving to do it correctly at that initial stage. We are going to hold workshops. We have about three or four already arranged and quite a number of officials from public bodies are coming to those and we'll spend a day going through those standards. There are good examples, and we're going to use those. We're going to provide advice and have a discussion. So, hopefully, that will inspire a little bit more thinking and more work. But we undertook this work in 2014-15 and things haven't changed much, so there is a need to bring an injection of energy into the standards, I think.
Welsh: Yn sicr, rydw i'n meddwl nad ydyn nhw wedi eistedd lawr a dadansoddi'n union beth mae'r safonau llunio polisi yn ei olygu yng nghyd-destun y Gymraeg. Maen nhw'n ymwneud â chynyddu cyfleon i ddefnyddio'r Gymraeg ac asesu a gwneud asesiad i weld a oes mwy o gyfleon neu a allwn ni beidio â chyfyngu. Mae o'n ymwneud hefyd, wrth gwrs, â gwell triniaeth i ddefnyddwyr y Gymraeg. Ond y patrwm yw gosod y geiriau 'iaith Gymraeg' fel rhan o asesiad effaith cydraddoldeb a'i ystyried fel nodwedd person a chamwahaniaethu. Felly, os yw'r safonau - ac maen nhw'n rhai hyrwyddol - yn ymwneud â chynyddu defnydd a chynyddu cyfleon, nid ydyn nhw'n gwneud yr asesiad drwy ddefnyddio'r fethodoleg gywir, ac efallai hefyd nid oes monitro. Mae hyn yn drueni achos mae hyn yn rhoi potensial i gorff edrych ar bethau yn y cyfnod ffurfiannol reit ar y cychwyn a gwreiddio'r Gymraeg i mewn i rywbeth maen nhw'n penderfynu gwneud o'r newydd. So, mae'n gallu bod yn arbediad ariannol i'w wneud yn iawn ar y pwynt cychwynnol yna. Rydym ni yn mynd i gynnal gweithdai. Mae gennym ni ryw dri neu bedwar wedi'u trefnu a chryn dipyn o swyddogion cyrff cyhoeddus yn dod i'r rheini ac fe fyddwn ni'n treulio diwrnod yn mynd drwy'r safonau yma. Mae yna enghreifftiau da ar gael, felly rydym ni'n mynd i fod yn defnyddio'r rheini. Rydym ni'n mynd i roi cyngor a chael trafodaeth. Felly, gobeithio y gwnaiff hynny sbarduno tipyn o ailfeddwl a mwy o waith. Ond mi wnaethom ni'r gwaith yma yn 2014-15 ac nid yw pethau wedi newid ryw lawer, felly mae angen chwistrelliad o egni i mewn i'r safonau yma, rydw i'n meddwl.
English: Okay. Is this the case with the Government's work too?
Welsh: Iawn. A ydy hyn yn wir ynglŷn â gwaith y Llywodraeth hefyd?
English: I haven't got the details of every organisation with me today. We're going to have discussions with around 50 organisations. I think the Government has done some quite good work in terms of developing the methodology, from memory of the meetings I had with them last year and the previous year.
Welsh: Nid oes gen i fanylion am bob corff efo fi heddiw. Rydym ni'n mynd i weld tua 50 o sefydliadau i drafod efo nhw. Rydw i'n credu bod y Llywodraeth wedi gwneud gwaith eithaf da o ran datblygu methodoleg, os rydw i'n cofio'r cyfarfodydd rwyf wedi cael efo nhw llynedd a'r flwyddyn gynt.
English: But the childcare example, for example, doesn't seem to suggest that those improvements have been made.
Welsh: Ond nid yw'r enghraifft gofal plant, er enghraifft, i'w weld yn arwydd bod yr - .
English: Well, I can't discuss specifics with you today, I'm afraid, but I do know that the methodology has been developed on the right foundations within Government - perhaps that isn't the case elsewhere - and sharing that is something we're very eager to do.
Welsh: Wel, allaf i ddim drafod pethau penodol efo chi heddiw mae gen i ofn, ond rydw i'n gwybod bod y fethodoleg wedi cael ei datblygu ar y seiliau cywir yn y Llywodraeth - efallai nad ydyn nhw mewn llefydd eraill - ac mae rhannu hynny yn rhywbeth rydym ni'n awyddus iawn i'w wneud.
English: We looked at 78 organisations and the standard requires them to have some sort of a complaints procedure for the Welsh language and the Welsh language standards and publish them on their website, or, in the case of staff, because there are operational standards, on their intranet. You're right to say that the percentage is low. Also, in the survey, only 32 per cent of users knew how to complain to an organisation. So, it's clear that there is a problem on a local level. There were some examples where they clearly hadn't looked at procedures since coming under the system of standards. They were referring to a body that has been abolished now, the language board, referring people to them, which is very disappointing, to see that they hadn't considered - . Or, in some cases, the procedure referred people directly to the commissioner, and there was no effort to deal with the complaints themselves on a local level. So, certainly, that is something that we want organisations to take ownership of and do something about, because, clearly, there is a need to nurture faith and confidence, that, when things aren't working right, an organisation is going to respond and deal with that.
Welsh: Fe wnaethom ni edrych ar 78 o sefydliadau ac mae'r safon yn gofyn i bobl gael rhyw fath o weithdrefn gwyno ar gyfer y Gymraeg a safonau'r Gymraeg a'u cyhoeddi ar eu gwefan, neu, yn achos staff, achos mae yna safonau gweithredu, ar eu mewnrwyd. Rydych chi'n iawn i ddweud bod y ganran yn isel. Hefyd, yn yr arolwg barn, 32 y cant o ddefnyddwyr oedd yn gwybod sut i gwyno wrth sefydliad. Felly, mae'n amlwg bod yna broblem ar lefel leol. Roedd rhai enghreifftiau lle nad oedden nhw, yn amlwg, wedi edrych ar weithdrefn o gwbl ers dod o dan y safonau. Roedden nhw'n cyfeirio at gorff sydd wedi'i ddiddymu erbyn hyn, y bwrdd iaith, yn cyfeirio pobl atyn nhw, sy'n siomedig iawn, i weld nad ydyn nhw wedi ystyried - . Neu roedd rhai achosion lle oedd y weithdrefn yn cyfeirio pobl yn uniongyrchol at y comisiynydd, ac nid oedd ymgais i ddelio â'r cwynion eu hunain yn lleol. Felly, yn sicr, mae hynny'n rhywbeth rydym ni am i sefydliadau ei berchnogi a gwneud rhywbeth amdano, achos, yn amlwg, mae eisiau meithrin ffydd, pan fo pethau ddim yn gweithio'n iawn, bod sefydliad yn mynd i ymateb a delio â nhw.
English: Just to finish then -
Welsh: Jest i orffen wedyn -
English: And that's what it is, of course. Rather than if Gwenith and I were to approach a desk and think, 'What's going to happen?, it's placing the responsibility on the professional behind the desk to provide bilingual services and to do that professionally and proactively.
Welsh: A dyna yw e - yn hytrach na bod Gwenith neu finnau'n cerdded lan i ddesg ac yn meddwl, 'Beth sy'n mynd i ddigwydd?', mae'n rhoi y cyfrifoldeb ar y person proffesiynol y tu ôl i'r ddesg i gynnig gwasanaeth dwyieithog yn broffesiynol ac yn rhagweithiol.
English: Great. We've come to the end of our session, and, clearly, I think this is the last session. I'm not sure whether you're coming back sometime before you finish. If not, thank you very much for co-operating with the committee over the years, good luck in the future. And thank you very much for attending when we have requested it as a committee. Thank you very much for this session today, and I'm sure that we will get in touch if there are some questions, such as those in David Melding's questions, that weren't answered, if that's okay. There were questions about apps and so forth that we weren't able to ask you about. So, thank you very much.
Welsh: Grêt. Rydym ni wedi dod i ddiwedd y sesiwn, ac, yn amlwg, rydw i'n credu mai'r sesiwn olaf. Nid ydw i'n siŵr os byddwch chi'n dod yn ôl rhywbryd cyn ichi orffen, ond os ddim, diolch yn fawr iawn ichi am fod yn gydweithredol gyda'r pwyllgor ar hyd y blynyddoedd, a phob lwc ichi yn y dyfodol. A diolch yn fawr iawn am ddod mewn pan ydym ni wedi gofyn ichi ddod mewn fel pwyllgor. Diolch yn fawr iawn am y sesiwn yma heddiw, ac rydw i'n siŵr y byddwn ni'n cysylltu os oes rhai cwestiynau yng nghwestiynau David Melding nad oedd wedi cael eu hateb, fe wnawn ni ysgrifennu atoch chi, os yw hynny'n iawn. Roedd yna gwestiynau am apiau ac yn y blaen nad oeddem ni wedi gallu eu gofyn. Felly, diolch yn fawr iawn.
English: Thank you very much. I don't plan on appearing before you again - [ Laughter.] - therefore may I thank you for your interest? May I also note that when I started as commissioner, I think it was the local government committee that occasionally would look at issues relating to the Welsh language? It has made a world of difference to have a committee where the Welsh language is in the title of the committee, and you do take an interest. It does make a difference. Thank you very, very much.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr i chi. Nid ydw i'n cynllunio ymddangos o'ch blaen chi eto - [ Chwerthin.] - felly a gaf i ddiolch i chi am eich diddordeb? Ac a gaf i hefyd nodi, pan ddechreuais i fel comisiynydd, rydw i'n credu mai'r pwyllgor llywodraeth leol oedd yn achlysurol yn edrych ar faterion y Gymraeg? Mae wedi gwneud byd o wahaniaeth i gael pwyllgor lle mae'r Gymraeg o fewn teitl y pwyllgor, ac rydych chi yn cymryd diddordeb. Mae e yn gwneud gwahaniaeth. Diolch yn fawr iawn, iawn i chi.
English: Great, thank you very much. We'll take a break of five minutes and return. Thank you.
Welsh: Grêt, diolch yn fawr iawn. Fe wnawn ni gymryd seibiant o bum munud a dod yn ôl. Diolch.
English: Thank you, and welcome to item 3 on the agenda here today: the annual scrutiny of the Arts Council of Wales. Welcome to Nick Capaldi, chief executive of the Arts Council of Wales, and to Gwyn Williams, director of finance and business services. Welcome. As usual, we have questions from Members on various themes. So, if it's okay with you, we will go straight into questions. I just wanted to ask a quick question to begin with. It's clear that we've had the arts council's corporate plan, but we are expecting an action plan as well. The last one was out in 2017. Can you tell us when the action plan will come out to correspond with the wider strategic plan in that sense? Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch, a chroeso i eitem 3 ar yr agenda yma heddiw: gwaith craffu blynyddol ar Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru. Croeso i Nick Capaldi, prif weithredwr Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, ac i Gwyn Williams, cyfarwyddwr cyllid a gwasanaethau busnes. Croeso atom. Fel sydd yn arfer, mae gyda ni gwestiynau gan Aelodau ar sail themâu gwahanol. Felly, os yw'n iawn gyda chi, awn ni'n syth i mewn i gwestiynau. Roeddwn i jest eisiau gofyn cwestiwn clou i gychwyn. Mae'n amlwg ein bod ni wedi cael corporate plan y cyngor celfyddydau, ond rydym ni'n disgwyl bod yna gynllun gweithredol hefyd. Roedd y cynllun gweithredol diwethaf allan yn 2017. A allwch chi ddweud wrthym ni pryd y bydd y cynllun gweithredol yn dod mas i gyd-fynd â'r cynllun mwy eang, strategol yn hynny o beth? Diolch.
English: Thank you very much. In turning now to funding for music education, I just wanted an update from you on Anthem - I think that's the name of the endowment fund. Where are you with this at the moment?
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr. A throi at ariannu addysg cerddoriaeth, a jest eisiau diweddariad gennych chi ynglŷn â'r gronfa - Anthem, rydw i'n meddwl, yw enw'r gronfa erbyn hyn. Lle mae pethau arnynt efo hyn?
English: Are you confident that the fund will start to provide support from 2020 onwards?
Welsh: A ydych chi'n hyderus y bydd y gronfa yn dechrau cynnig cymorth o'r flwyddyn 2020 ymlaen?
English: And one further question on this. Do you think that the intention of this fund is clearly set out? How would you describe the purpose of this fund?
Welsh: Ac un cwestiwn arall am hyn. A ydych chi'n meddwl ei bod hi'n ddigon clir beth yw bwriad y gronfa yma? Sut fyddech chi'n disgrifio beth yw diben y gronfa yma?
English: So, there will be specific criteria that will be drawn up in due time by this board in terms of who exactly can access this funding.
Welsh: Felly, mi fydd yna set o feini prawf penodol yn cael eu dyfeisio, rydw i'n cymryd, maes o law, gan y bwrdd yma rŵan ynglŷn â phwy yn union sydd yn gallu cael yr arian.
English: Moving on to item 4: a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the next business. All content? Thank you.
Welsh: Symudwn ymlaen at eitem 4: cynnig o dan Reol Sefydlog i benderfynu gwahardd y cyhoedd o'r cyfarfod ar gyfer y busnes nesaf. A ydy pawb yn hapus? Diolch.
English: I thank the clerk. May I thank my fellow Members for their confidence in me as temporary Chair, for this afternoon, of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee at the National Assembly for Wales? Under item 1, I should say that, in the event of a fire alarm, Members should leave the room by the marked fire exits and follow the instructions of ushers and staff, and we're not expecting a fire drill this afternoon. Please ensure that all mobile devices are switched to silent. As everyone knows, the National Assembly for Wales operates through the medium of both Welsh and English, and headphones are available for simultaneous interpretation. They can also be used for amplification. Don't touch the buttons on the microphones because this can disable the system, and please ensure that the red light is showing before you speak. Interpretation is available on channel 1 and the floor feed is available on channel 2 As has already been mentioned, we've received apologies from Mick Antoniw and we've also received an apology from Dawn Bowden. Suzy Davies, in her capacity as Assembly Commissioner, is attending the Public Accounts Committee this afternoon and she may join us a little later on.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr i'r clerc. A allaf i ddiolch, hefyd, i'm cyd-Aelodau am eu hyder ynof fi fel Cadeirydd dros dro, am y prynhawn yma, o'r Pwyllgor Materion Cyfansoddiadol a Deddfwriaethol yma yng Nghynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru? O dan eitem 1, gallaf i ddatgan os bydd yna larwm tân yn canu, dylai Aelodau adael yr ystafell drwy allanfeydd tân yn dilyn cyfarwyddiadau gan y tywyswyr a'r staff, ac nad ydym yn disgwyl ymarfer larwm tân y prynhawn yma. Rhaid sicrhau bod pob dyfais symudol yn dawel. Fel bydd pawb yn gwybod, mae Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru'n gweithredu trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg a'r Saesneg, ac mae clustffonau ar gael i dderbyn gwasanaeth cyfieithu ar y pryd. Gellir hefyd eu defnyddio i addasu'r sain i'r rhai sy'n drwm eu clyw. Peidiwch â chyffwrdd â'r botymau ar y meicroffonau, oherwydd gall hyn amharu ar y system darlledu, a sicrhewch fod y golau coch yn dangos cyn ichi siarad. Mae cyfieithu ar y pryd ar gael ar sianel 1 ac mae'r iaith sy'n cael ei siarad ar sianel 2. Fel y crybwyllwyd eisoes, rydym ni wedi derbyn ymddiheuriadau oddi wrth Mick Antoniw a hefyd, rydym wedi derbyn ymddiheuriadau oddi wrth Dawn Bowden. Mae Suzy Davies, yn ei rôl fel Comisiynydd y Cynulliad, yng nghyfarfod y Pwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus y prynhawn yma, ac efallai y bydd hi'n ymuno â ni ychydig yn hwyrach.