English: Thank you very much, Mark Isherwood, and thank you for those really important questions about direct payments. Again, like in the previous questions I've had today, many of these are shared responsibilities with other Ministers in the Welsh Government. So, direct payments are with my colleague, Julie Morgan, Deputy Minister for Social Services. In my statement, I talk about the fact that together, we're going to speak at Dewis, the independent organisation controlled by disabled people, about how we can improve the take-up of direct payments in Wales. You know, it's critical that people can be offered and can take up direct payments as a preferred way to live their lives, and, as I said, that it's very consistent, as you, of course, recognise, with the social model of disability. So, we have co-produced and published clear and concise advice about direct payments, and that's trying to bust some of the myths and misconceptions that might have developed about direct payments. So, it is a commitment and it's good to be able to strengthen the commitment through my response to your questions today about expanding the use of direct payments. I think it's also a recognition that this is a key call from disabled people in Wales, as you say. So, clearly, we welcome any statements or any calls for action from Disability Wales and from our colleagues in the disability equality forum. Of course, direct payments actually can help meet people's individual needs for care and support, and it is an alternative to local authority-arranged care or support; it gives people more choice, greater flexibility and more control over the support that they can get. So, having the response and backing today for the steps that we are taking, again across Government, to deliver on this is crucially important, but we need to be able to support people and work with local authorities to make sure - and this is in the spirit and, indeed, the intent of the social services and well-being Act. I have responded to the important work that has been done by our human rights advisory group with that working group that has been set up, and Disability Wales is represented on that in terms of the incorporation of the UN conventions into Welsh law. It's a long haul, but we're working on it.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Mark Isherwood, a diolch am y cwestiynau pwysig iawn yna am daliadau uniongyrchol. Unwaith eto, fel yn y cwestiynau blaenorol rydw i wedi'u cael heddiw, mae llawer o'r rhain yn gyfrifoldebau sy'n cael eu rhannu â Gweinidogion eraill yn Llywodraeth Cymru. Felly, mae'r taliadau uniongyrchol yn dod o dan fy nghyd-Weinidog, Julie Morgan, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol. Yn fy natganiad, rwy'n siarad am y ffaith ein bod ni gyda'n gilydd, yn mynd i siarad yn Dewis, y sefydliad annibynnol a reolir gan bobl anabl, am sut y gallwn wella'r niferoedd sy'n defnyddio taliadau uniongyrchol yng Nghymru. Wyddoch chi, mae'n hanfodol bod modd cynnig taliadau uniongyrchol a'u bod yn cael eu defnyddio fel ffordd a ffefrir gan bobl ar gyfer byw eu bywydau, ac, fel y dywedais i, ei fod yn gyson iawn, fel y gwnaethoch chi, wrth gwrs, gydnabod, â'r model cymdeithasol o anabledd. Felly, rydym wedi cyd-gynhyrchu a chyhoeddi cyngor clir a chryno am daliadau uniongyrchol, ac mae hynny'n ceisio chwalu rhai o'r mythau a'r camsyniadau a allai fod wedi datblygu ynghylch taliadau uniongyrchol. Felly, mae'n ymrwymiad ac mae'n dda gallu cryfhau'r ymrwymiad drwy fy ymateb i'ch cwestiynau heddiw i ehangu'r defnydd o daliadau uniongyrchol. Rwy'n credu ei bod hi hefyd yn gydnabyddiaeth fod hon yn alwad allweddol gan bobl anabl yng Nghymru, fel y dywedwch chi. Felly, yn amlwg, rydym yn croesawu unrhyw ddatganiadau neu unrhyw alwadau am weithredu gan Anabledd Cymru ac oddi wrth ein cydweithwyr yn y fforwm cydraddoldeb i bobl anabl. Wrth gwrs, gall taliadau uniongyrchol mewn gwirionedd helpu i ddiwallu anghenion unigol pobl o ran gofal a chefnogaeth, ac mae'n ddewis arall yn lle gofal neu gymorth sy'n cael ei drefnu gan awdurdodau lleol; mae'n rhoi mwy o ddewis i bobl, mwy o hyblygrwydd a mwy o reolaeth dros y gefnogaeth y gallan nhw ei gael. Felly, mae cael yr ymateb a'r gefnogaeth heddiw ar gyfer y camau yr ydym ni'n eu cymryd, eto ar draws y Llywodraeth, i gyflawni hyn yn hanfodol bwysig, ond mae angen i ni allu cefnogi pobl a gweithio gydag awdurdodau lleol i wneud yn siŵr - ac mae hyn yn ysbryd ac, yn wir, bwriad y Ddeddf gwasanaethau cymdeithasol a llesiant. Rwyf wedi ymateb i'r gwaith pwysig sydd wedi cael ei wneud gan ein grŵp cynghori ar hawliau dynol gyda'r gweithgor hwnnw sydd wedi'i sefydlu, ac mae Anabledd Cymru yn cael ei gynrychioli ar hynny o ran ymgorffori confensiynau'r Cenhedloedd Unedig i gyfraith Cymru. Mae'n daith hir, ond rydym ni'n gweithio i'w chyflawni.