English: I'd like to ask for a statement about vaccinating people with learning disabilities and unpaid carers. I wrote to the First Minister and health Minister two weeks ago, setting out the evidence base for prioritising people with learning disabilities living in care homes for vaccination. I haven't received a reply to the letter, although the First Minister did just confirm in Plenary that a decision is imminent, given that the health Minister has received updated advice. Now, it is a real shame, Trefnydd, that he couldn't make the decision in advance of his statement on vaccinations today, which would have allowed Members an opportunity to scrutinise the circumstances surrounding these events. I'd like to know, for example, why it was necessary for the Welsh Government to wait for the advice, which has presumably come from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, when it could unilaterally move police medics up to group 2 without receiving new advice. I'd also like to know why this group of people with learning disabilities was allowed to fall through the gap initially, meaning that it took a dedicated campaign for the correct decision to be made. A similar issue exists for unpaid carers. I've spoken to staff in both the Aneurin Bevan health board and Cwm Taf, and they're both waiting to have guidance about how to identify unpaid carers so that they can work with GPs to make sure that they get the priority. This surely goes to the heart of why we need a register of unpaid carers in Wales. It speaks to how unappreciated these people are that the Government doesn't have an easy way of finding out who they are. Something is so wrong with how we treat these selfless, brave people. So, I hope the Trefnydd can press upon the health Minister the need for these issues to be scrutinised in the Senedd in the interests of transparency, so that we can be assured that lessons will be learned.
Welsh: Hoffwn i ofyn am ddatganiad ynghylch brechu pobl ag anableddau dysgu a gofalwyr di-dâl. Ysgrifennais at y Prif Weinidog a'r Gweinidog iechyd bythefnos yn ôl, yn nodi'r sylfaen dystiolaeth ar gyfer blaenoriaethu brechu pobl ag anableddau dysgu sy'n byw mewn cartrefi gofal. Nid wyf wedi cael ateb i'r llythyr, er i'r Prif Weinidog newydd gadarnhau yn y Cyfarfod Llawn fod penderfyniad ar fin digwydd, o gofio bod y Gweinidog iechyd wedi cael y cyngor diweddaraf. Nawr, mae'n drueni mawr, Trefnydd, na fyddai wedi gallu gwneud y penderfyniad cyn ei ddatganiad ar frechiadau heddiw, gan y byddai hynny wedi rhoi cyfle i'r Aelodau graffu ar yr amgylchiadau sy'n gysylltiedig â'r digwyddiadau hyn. Hoffwn i wybod, er enghraifft, pam yr oedd angen i Lywodraeth Cymru aros am y cyngor, sydd fwy na thebyg wedi dod gan y Cyd-bwyllgor ar Frechu ac Imiwneiddio, pan oedd modd iddi symud meddygon yr heddlu yn unochrog i fyny i grŵp 2 heb gael cyngor newydd. Hoffwn i wybod hefyd pam y caniatawyd i'r grŵp hwn o bobl ag anableddau dysgu ddisgyn drwy'r bwlch yn y lle cyntaf, sy'n golygu ei bod wedi cymryd ymgyrch bwrpasol i wneud y penderfyniad cywir. Mae mater tebyg yn bodoli o ran gofalwyr di-dâl. Rwyf wedi siarad â staff ym mwrdd iechyd Aneurin Bevan a Chwm Taf, ac mae'r ddau fwrdd yn aros i gael arweiniad ar sut i nodi gofalwyr di-dâl fel y gallan nhw weithio gyda meddygon teulu i sicrhau eu bod yn cael y flaenoriaeth. Mae'n sicr bod hyn yn mynd at wraidd y rheswm pam mae angen inni gael cofrestr o ofalwyr di-dâl yng Nghymru. Mae'n dangos i ba raddau nad yw'r bobl hyn yn cael eu gwerthfawrogi nad oes gan y Llywodraeth ffordd hawdd o ddarganfod pwy ydyn nhw. Mae rhywbeth o'i le ynghylch y ffordd yr ydym ni'n trin y bobl anhunanol a dewr hyn. Felly, gobeithio y gall y Trefnydd bwyso ar y Gweinidog iechyd fod angen i'r materion hyn gael eu craffu yn y Senedd er mwyn sicrhau tryloywder, fel y gallwn ni fod yn sicr y bydd gwersi'n cael eu dysgu.