English: Thank you, Llywydd. Trefnydd, as Plaid Cymru's spokesperson on local government, I am very aware of the financial pressures on the budgets of local authorities. Indeed, that's why I put pressure on the Welsh Government to provide more money to our county councils some months ago. However, recently in Neath Port Talbot, proposals have been introduced to increase payment for post-16 transport very substantially, from £100 a year to £390 per year. Now, clearly, this will have a significant impact on families across the county, but it will have a particular impact on the only Welsh-medium school in the county, which is Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera Bro Dur, and the only faith school in the county, which is St Joseph's Catholic School. With pupils traditionally travelling to these schools from all corners of the county, these families will be hit harder than the majority. I, along with my fellow regional Member Bethan Sayed, have already received comments from families who send their children to Welsh-medium education and the concerns that they have, and we are committed to supporting their case. Now, we know that the Welsh Government has a target of creating a million Welsh speakers, and in order to achieve that target, the Welsh Government and local authorities will need to make Welsh-medium education accessible across Wales. This proposal from Neath Port Talbot council does quite the opposite. In deciding on a child's education, parents will surely be influenced by the cost attached with that education, and there is a real risk that parents will choose to send their children to the closest provision, which will be English medium, rather than sending pupils to ysgol Ystalyfera. Therefore, will the Welsh Government make a statement on what it intends to do to ensure that Welsh-medium education is not disadvantaged in this way, and will you consider introducing national legislation on the issue of transport in order to ensure fair play for the Welsh language? [ Interruption.]
Welsh: Trefnydd, fel llefarydd Plaid Cymru ar lywodraeth leol, dwi'n ymwybodol iawn o'r pwysau ariannol ar gyllidebau awdurdodau lleol. Yn wir, dyna pam roeddwn i'n pwyso ar Lywodraeth Cymru i roi mwy o arian i'n cynghorau sir ni rai misoedd yn ôl. Fodd bynnag, yn ddiweddar yng Nghastell-nedd Port Talbot, mae cynigion wedi cael eu cyflwyno i gynyddu taliadau am gludiant ôl-16 yn sylweddol iawn, o £100 y flwyddyn i £390 y flwyddyn. Yn amlwg, bydd hyn yn cael effaith sylweddol ar deuluoedd ledled y sir, ond bydd yn cael effaith arbennig ar unig ysgol gyfrwng Gymraeg y sir, sef Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera Bro Dur, ac unig ysgol ffydd y sir, sef Ysgol Gyfun Gatholig San Joseff. Gyda disgyblion yn teithio'n draddodiadol i'r ysgolion hyn o bob cwr o'r sir, bydd y teuluoedd hyn yn cael eu taro'n fwy na'r mwyafrif. Rwyf i, ynghyd â'm cyd-Aelod rhanbarthol Bethan Sayed, eisoes wedi derbyn sylwadau gan deuluoedd sy'n anfon eu plant i addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg a'r pryderon sydd ganddynt yn hyn o beth, a dŷn ni wedi ymrwymo i gefnogi eu hachos. Nawr, dŷn ni'n gwybod bod gan Lywodraeth Cymru darged o greu miliwn o siaradwyr Cymraeg, ac er mwyn cyrraedd y targed hwnnw, bydd angen i Lywodraeth Cymru ac awdurdodau lleol wneud addysg Gymraeg yn hygyrch ledled Cymru. Mae'r cynnig hwn gan Gyngor Castell-nedd Port Talbot yn gwneud y gwrthwyneb. Wrth benderfynu ar addysg eu plentyn, mae'n siŵr y bydd rhieni'n cael eu dylanwadu gan y gost sy'n gysylltiedig â hi, ac mae perygl gwirioneddol y bydd rhieni'n dewis anfon eu plant i'r ddarpariaeth agosaf - cyfrwng Saesneg - yn hytrach nag anfon disgyblion i Ystalyfera. Felly, a wnaiff Llywodraeth Cymru gyflwyno datganiad ar yr hyn mae'n bwriadu gwneud i sicrhau nad yw addysg Gymraeg yn cael ei roi dan anfantais yn y modd yma, ac a fyddwch yn ystyried cyflwyno deddfwriaeth genedlaethol ar fater trafnidiaeth er mwyn rhoi chwarae teg i'r Gymraeg? [ Torri ar draws.]