English: I found Thursday one of the most difficult days I've had as a Senedd Member. I sat and read every page of the report, and it made me incredibly sad, but it also made me quite angry, if I'm honest with you, reading about the failings and the lack of information sharing. We hear very often about a multi-agency approach - well, I think that multi-agency approach simply didn't work in this instance. Colleagues have talked about the Wales-wide implications of this report. I wanted to focus perhaps a little bit more locally. In the years before coming to this Senedd, I sat as a member of the social services committee on Bridgend County Borough Council, and it doesn't fill me with any pleasure to tell you that, for a long time, members of that committee had raised concerns about the social services department in Bridgend County Borough Council - the reliance on agency staff in particular, the council's approach to budgeting, and a whole series of other concerns were mentioned as well. But the council felt they had a good reputation on social services, and I will not be one to judge today whether that was true or not. But I feel very strongly, Deputy Minister, that there was a culture of complacency at Bridgend County Borough Council in the way that social services were managed, and, in particular, a lack of political oversight from cabinet members on the work that was being done by hard-working dedicated officers and others in the council as well. So, I know, historically, where there have been councils with clear problems in terms of their social services departments, as has happened in Powys, that enhanced monitoring powers have been given through Care Inspectorate Wales. Can you let us know what you think the threshold would be for those to be applied in this case in Bridgend?
Welsh: Fe deimlais i ddydd Iau diwethaf mai hwnnw oedd un o'r diwrnodau anoddaf a welais fel Aelod yn y Senedd hon. Fe eisteddais i lawr ac fe ddarllenais i bob tudalen o'r adroddiad, ac fe wnaeth hynny fi'n hynod o drist, ond yn fy nigio i'n fawr hefyd, i fod yn onest gyda chi, wrth ddarllen am y methiannau a'r diffygion o ran rhannu gwybodaeth. Rydym ni'n clywed yn aml iawn am ddull amlasiantaeth - wel, rwyf i o'r farn nad oedd y dull amlasiantaeth yn gweithio yn yr achos hwn mewn gwirionedd. Mae cydweithwyr wedi sôn am y goblygiadau ledled Cymru yn sgil yr adroddiad hwn. Roeddwn i'n awyddus i ganolbwyntio ychydig yn fwy lleol, efallai. Yn y blynyddoedd cyn dod i'r Senedd hon, fe fûm i ar bwyllgor gwasanaethau cymdeithasol a oedd gan Gyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, ac nid pleser o gwbl i mi yw dweud wrthych chi heddiw, am gyfnod maith iawn, roedd aelodau'r pwyllgor hwnnw wedi bod yn codi pryderon am yr adran gwasanaethau cymdeithasol yng Nghyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr - y ddibyniaeth ar staff asiantaeth yn benodol, dull y cyngor o gyllidebu, ac fe soniwyd am gyfres gyfan o bryderon eraill hefyd. Ond roedd y cyngor o'r farn bod ganddyn nhw enw da am wasanaethau cymdeithasol, ac nid fy lle i yw barnu heddiw a oedd hynny'n wir ai peidio. Ond rwy'n teimlo yn gryf iawn, Dirprwy Weinidog, fod yna ddiwylliant o laesu dwylo yng Nghyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr yn y modd y cafodd gwasanaethau cymdeithasol eu rheoli ganddyn nhw, ac, yn benodol, roedd diffyg goruchwyliaeth wleidyddol gan aelodau'r cabinet dros y gwaith a oedd yn cael ei wneud gan swyddogion ymroddedig gweithgar ac eraill yn y cyngor hefyd. Felly fe wn i, yn hanesyddol, mewn achosion o gynghorau â phroblemau eglur o ran eu hadrannau gwasanaethau cymdeithasol, fel y digwyddodd ym Mhowys, fod pwerau gwell ar gyfer monitro wedi cael eu rhoi trwy Arolygiaeth Gofal Cymru. A wnewch chi roi gwybod i ni beth yw eich barn chi ynglŷn â'r trothwy ar gyfer gwneud felly yn yr achos hwn ym Mhen-y-bont ar Ogwr?