English: That's a distressing story, Llywydd, but it exactly reflects the point that I made originally that children like Gemma would have been better served had the system invested in preventative action and early intervention to prevent that very sad story of what happens to children when they get drawn into a system that does not have the capacity to respond properly to their needs. I am sorry to say, Llywydd, that the conversations with too many local authorities have proved too difficult on this topic over that extended period. There are local authorities, despite everything that has been said to them, despite all the advice they have - and they don't lack advice. The leader of the opposition is right in that way. There are reports that the Association of Directors of Social Services in Wales have produced, there is independent advice that has been commissioned for local authorities to demonstrate to them how they can do this better, and yet we have local authorities in parts of Wales who, every single year, manage to find things moving in the opposite direction. There is more that they can do, there is more that they must do in order to be able to provide better outcomes for those young people. I still think it's important, Llywydd, to put those numbers in their context. They are too high, I definitely don't want to see them, but against the 50 people that the leader of the opposition mentioned, 662 young people left care in the figures that are the most recently available, and of that 662, 628 saw 95 per cent of them assessed as being in suitable accommodation on the day when their care experience ended. So, the system still manages to respond to the needs of the bulk of young people drawn into it, but the answer to being able to do better is to do things differently, not just to do more and more of the same things.
Welsh: Mae honna'n stori ofidus, Llywydd, ond mae'n adlewyrchu'n union y pwynt a wnes i'n wreiddiol y byddai plant fel Gemma wedi cael gwell gwasanaeth pe bai'r system wedi buddsoddi mewn camau ataliol ac ymyrraeth gynnar i atal y stori drist iawn yna am yr hyn sy'n digwydd i blant pan gânt eu tynnu i mewn i system nad oes ganddi'r gallu i ymateb yn iawn i'w hanghenion. Mae'n ddrwg gennyf ddweud, Llywydd, fod y sgyrsiau gyda gormod o awdurdodau lleol wedi bod yn rhy anodd ar y pwnc hwn dros y cyfnod estynedig hwnnw. Mae awdurdodau lleol, er gwaethaf popeth a ddywedwyd wrthyn nhw, er gwaethaf yr holl gyngor a gânt - ac nid ydyn nhw'n brin o gyngor. Mae arweinydd yr wrthblaid yn iawn yn hynny o beth. Ceir adroddiadau y mae Cymdeithas Cyfarwyddwyr Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol Cymru wedi'u llunio, fod cyngor annibynnol wedi'i gomisiynu i awdurdodau lleol i ddangos iddyn nhw sut y gallan nhw wneud hyn yn well, ac eto mae gennym awdurdodau lleol mewn rhannau o Gymru sydd, bob blwyddyn, yn llwyddo i ddod o hyd i bethau sy'n symud i'r cyfeiriad arall. Mae mwy y gallan nhw ei wneud, mae mwy y mae'n rhaid iddyn nhw ei wneud er mwyn gallu darparu gwell canlyniadau i'r bobl ifanc hynny. Rwy'n dal i gredu ei bod yn bwysig, Llywydd, i roi'r niferoedd hynny yn eu cyd-destun. Maen nhw'n rhy uchel, yn sicr nid wyf i eisiau eu gweld, ond o'u cymharu â'r 50 o bobl y soniodd arweinydd yr wrthblaid amdanyn nhw, gadawodd 662 o bobl ifanc ofal yn ôl y ffigurau diweddaraf sydd ar gael, ac o'r 662 hwnnw, aseswyd bod 95 y cant o 628 ohonyn nhw yn rhai mewn llety addas ar y diwrnod pan ddaeth eu profiad gofal i ben. Felly, mae'r system yn dal i lwyddo i ymateb i anghenion y rhan fwyaf o bobl ifanc sy'n cael eu tynnu i mewn iddi, ond yr ateb ar gyfer gwneud yn well yw gwneud pethau'n wahanol, nid dim ond gwneud mwy a mwy o'r un pethau.