English: Storm Callum did, indeed, wreck homes, businesses and stole lives, and my deepest sympathies go to the family and friends of the young man, Corey Sharpling, who lost his life. But I also have to say that the landslide that took this young man's life also saw some truly heroic efforts, and I would like to publicly pay tribute to two Carmarthenshire County Council workers, because, on that road when the landslide came down with gallons and gallons of water, it swept the lorry off the road, over the bank and into the river, because it's a river road that goes through Cwmduad. The lorry went in head first, the driver was under water and those two Carmarthenshire County Council workers leapt into that boiling inferno, smashed the windows and grabbed him out. I'm sure that throughout Wales there are other tales of people who've done some truly heroic actions, and I'd like to pay tribute to them. I'd like to thank Carmarthenshire County Council, Dyfed Powys Police, Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service and Natural Resources Wales, but I also particularly want to pay tribute to Carmarthenshire County Council - to Mark James, Ruth Mullen and the staff, who've all been amazing. Already, the housing teams have been out, the regeneration teams have been out, next week a mobile hub will be set up to help people with benefits, with signposting, with rate rebates, and their positive action and decision to put £100,000 today on the table today for individuals, and £200,000 for businesses, makes, I'm afraid, Minister, the Welsh Government's statement today look as wet as the storm. Minister, will you be able to offer any hard money to councils throughout Wales to assist in a hardship fund? Are you able to commit to matching people like Carmarthenshire County Council, who've already put £300,000? You do say in your statement that you'd like to give it your full consideration - but it's today; they need the money today. There are lives destroyed; they need to start rebuilding today. I worry that the Government will spend ages considering everything before it takes action. Will you please clarify that for me? Councils might be able to support the smaller businesses, but, of course, funds will be needed for the big, mid and large businesses, especially those that were unable to get flood risk insurance - a number of businesses, again in Carmarthen. There's the big company who have all the pick-up trucks and the rescue trucks - every single one has gone - they can't get insurance because they're by the river. This is an issue, Llywydd, that the environment and sustainability committee have looked at in various iterations of this Assembly and we're still no further forward in helping businesses and homes that are inadvertently affected by what are now major flood risks to get that insurance. So, these people - their livelihoods have been wiped out. So, I'd like to know what you might be able to do to help them. Minister, will you also waive the trigger point that councils need to reach before they can access any of the Welsh Government hardship fund moneys? That trigger point is set quite high and I think, in a case like this flood, it would be useful if that could be set aside. Minister, it's also the small things - so, for example, the councils are out cleaning houses, dealing with ruined goods - which in turn will affect their municipal waste recycling targets. Are you able to consider setting aside the detritus that comes from the storm so that it's not part of those recycling targets, because that will harm the councils in the long run in meeting Welsh Government targets? Above all, Minister, this was awful, and in my constituency of Carmarthen West and, in fact, in the whole of Carmarthen, there's been a massive impact, from the cafe that employed 12 people that is going to struggle to ever open again to the large companies that have lost so much. So, I wonder, Minister, if you will agree to update us all in a month's time via an oral statement because we need to let everyone know that Wales is still open despite storm Callum, and on my behalf and as a direct response for the businesses of Carmarthen, can we please let everyone know that Carmarthen is still open despite storm Callum?
Welsh: Fe wnaeth storm Callum, yn wir, ddinistrio cartrefi, busnesau a hawlio bywydau, ac aiff fy nghydymdeimlad dwysaf i deulu a ffrindiau y dyn ifanc, Corey Sharpling, a gollodd ei fywyd. Ond mae'n rhaid imi ddweud hefyd y gwelwyd ymdrechion gwirioneddol arwrol yn y tirlithriad a hawliodd fywyd y dyn ifanc hwn, a hoffwn dalu teyrnged yn gyhoeddus i ddau weithiwr Cyngor Sir Gâr, oherwydd, ar y ffordd honno pan ddaeth y tirlithriad i lawr gyda galwyni a galwyni o ddŵr, fe wnaeth ysgubo'r lori oddi ar y ffordd, dros y lan ac i mewn i'r afon, oherwydd mae'n ffordd afon sy'n mynd drwy Gwmduad. Aeth y lori i mewn â'i phen yn gyntaf, roedd y gyrrwr dan ddŵr a neidiodd y ddau weithiwr hynny o Gyngor Sir Caerfyrddin i ganol y cenllif tymhestlog, torri'r ffenestri a'i dynnu allan. Rwy'n siŵr bod storïau eraill ledled Cymru am bobl sydd wedi gwneud pethau gwirioneddol arwrol, a hoffwn dalu teyrnged iddyn nhw. Hoffwn ddiolch i Gyngor Sir Gâr, Heddlu Dyfed Powys, Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru, ond rwyf hefyd yn arbennig o awyddus i dalu teyrnged i Gyngor Sir Gâr - i Mark James, Ruth Mullen a'r staff, sydd i gyd wedi bod yn anhygoel. Eisoes, mae'r timau tai wedi bod allan, mae'r timau adfywio wedi bod allan, yr wythnos nesaf bydd canolfan symudol yn cael ei sefydlu i helpu pobl gyda budd-daliadau, gyda chyfeirio, gydag ad-daliadau ardrethi, ac mae eu gweithredu cadarnhaol a'u penderfyniad i gynnig £100,000 heddiw ar gyfer unigolion, a £200,000 ar gyfer busnesau, yn gwneud, mae arnaf ofn, Gweinidog, i'r datganiad gan Lywodraeth Cymru heddiw edrych yn simsan. Gweinidog, a fyddwch chi'n gallu cynnig unrhyw arian go iawn i gynghorau ledled Cymru i gynorthwyo â chronfa galedi? A ydych chi'n gallu ymrwymo i roi cymaint o arian â phobl fel Cyngor Sir Caerfyrddin, sydd eisoes wedi rhoi £300,000? Rydych chi'n dweud yn eich datganiad y byddech yn hoffi rhoi ystyriaeth lawn i hynny - ond heddiw; maen nhw angen yr arian heddiw. Mae bywydau wedi'u dinistrio; mae angen iddyn nhw ddechrau ailadeiladu heddiw. Rwy'n poeni y bydd y Llywodraeth yn treulio hydoedd yn ystyried popeth cyn y bydd yn gweithredu. A wnewch chi egluro hynny i mi os gwelwch yn dda? Mae'n bosibl y bydd y cynghorau yn gallu cefnogi'r busnesau llai o faint, ond, wrth gwrs, bydd angen arian ar gyfer y busnesau canolig a mawr, yn enwedig y rhai hynny nad oedden nhw'n gallu cael yswiriant risg llifogydd - nifer o fusnesau, eto yng Nghaerfyrddin. Mae yna gwmni mawr sydd â'r holl lorïau agored a'r lorïau achub - mae pob un wedi mynd - ni allan nhw gael yswiriant oherwydd eu bod nhw'n wrth yr afon. Mae hwn yn fater, Llywydd, y mae'r Pwyllgor amgylchedd a chynaliadwyedd wedi ei ystyried mewn gwahanol gyfnodau o'r Cynulliad hwn a dydym ni ddim pellach ymlaen yn helpu busnesau a chartrefi sydd wedi'u heffeithio gan yr hyn sydd bellach yn risgiau llifogydd mawr, i gael yr yswiriant hwnnw. Felly, mae'r bobl hyn - mae eu bywoliaeth wedi mynd. Felly, hoffwn wybod beth y gallech chi ei wneud i'w helpu. Gweinidog, a wnewch chi hefyd ddiystyru'r trothwy y mae angen i gynghorau ei gyrraedd cyn iddynt allu cael unrhyw arian o gronfa galedi Llywodraeth Cymru? Mae'r trothwy wedi'i bennu'n eithaf uchel ac rwy'n credu, mewn achos fel y llifogydd hyn, y byddai'n ddefnyddiol pe gellid diystyru hynny. Gweinidog, bydd y pethau bach hefyd - felly, er enghraifft, mae'r cynghorau allan yn glanhau tai, yn ymdrin â nwyddau sydd wedi eu dinistrio - yn eu tro, yn effeithio ar eu targedau ailgylchu gwastraff trefol. A allwch chi ystyried peidio â chynnwys y llanast hwnnw sydd wedi deillio o'r storm fel nad yw'n rhan o'r targedau ailgylchu hynny, oherwydd bydd hynny'n niweidio'r cynghorau yn y tymor hir o ran cyrraedd targedau Llywodraeth Cymru? Yn anad dim, Gweinidog, roedd hyn yn ofnadwy, ac yn fy etholaeth i, Gorllewin Caerfyrddin ac, yn wir, yng Nghaerfyrddin gyfan, bu'r effaith yn enfawr, o'r caffi a oedd yn cyflogi 12 o bobl sy'n mynd i'w chael hi'n anodd agor byth eto, i'r cwmnïau mawr sydd wedi colli cymaint. Felly, tybed, Gweinidog, a wnewch chi gytuno i roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf inni i gyd ymhen y mis, ar ffurf datganiad llafar, gan fod angen inni roi gwybod i bawb bod Cymru yn dal ar agor er gwaethaf storm Callum, ac ar fy rhan i ac fel ymateb uniongyrchol i fusnesau Caerfyrddin, a allwn ni roi gwybod i bawb bod Caerfyrddin yn dal ar agor er gwaethaf storm Callum os gwelwch yn dda?