English: Diolch, Llywydd. Minister, the leader of Plaid Cymru, Adam Price, yesterday asked the First Minister about what actions the Welsh Government are taking in the light of the current and mounting cost-of-living crisis, described as nothing less than catastrophic by the Resolution Foundation, which is hitting too many of Wales's families, with devastating consequences. As well as the measures already in place, which are unfortunately and frustratingly limited by the control of the callous and uncaring Conservatives in power in Westminster over welfare and other means of tackling poverty, Plaid Cymru would like to see a new focus on what can be done to prevent even more people being plunged into even deeper poverty, with all the negative and damaging outcomes that has on our society. Later today, we will debate the Equality and Social Justice Committee's report on debt, and energy costs are shown in the report to be contributing massively to an ever increasing and unsustainable level of debt for too many Welsh households. Although welcome, you have said yourself, and the committee agrees, that the extra one-off payments you were able to make through the winter fuel support scheme are no way near enough and cannot make up for the loss of the £20 universal credit uplift, for example, so cruelly taken away from Welsh families in need by the UK Government. I'd like to ask for an update on the uptake of the support scheme payments and ask how the Welsh Government is monitoring the effectiveness of awareness-raising initiatives to ensure that those who really need this support are accessing it.
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Weinidog, gofynnodd arweinydd Plaid Cymru, Adam Price, i'r Prif Weinidog ddoe pa gamau y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn eu cymryd yng ngoleuni'r argyfwng costau byw cynyddol presennol y mae Sefydliad Resolution wedi'i alw'n drychineb sy'n amharu ar lawer gormod o deuluoedd Cymru, gyda chanlyniadau dinistriol. Yn ogystal â'r mesurau sydd eisoes ar waith, sydd wedi eu cyfyngu, yn anffodus ac yn rhwystredig, gan reolaeth y Ceidwadwyr dideimlad a didostur sydd mewn grym yn San Steffan dros les a dulliau eraill o drechu tlodi, hoffai Plaid Cymru weld ffocws newydd ar yr hyn y gellir ei wneud i atal hyd yn oed mwy o bobl rhag llithro i dlodi gwaeth fyth, gyda'r holl ganlyniadau negyddol a niweidiol a gaiff hynny ar ein cymdeithas. Yn ddiweddarach heddiw, byddwn yn trafod adroddiad y Pwyllgor Cydraddoldeb a Chyfiawnder Cymdeithasol ar ddyled, ac mae'r adroddiad yn dangos bod costau ynni'n cyfrannu'n enfawr at lefelau dyled cynyddol ac anghynaliadwy i ormod o aelwydydd yng Nghymru. Er eu bod i'w croesawu, rydych wedi dweud eich hun, ac mae'r pwyllgor yn cytuno, nad yw'r taliadau untro ychwanegol a ddarparwyd gennych drwy'r cynllun cymorth tanwydd gaeaf yn agos digon ac na allant wneud iawn am golli'r ychwanegiad o £20 i'r credyd cynhwysol, er enghraifft, y gwnaeth Llywodraeth y DU ei dynnu'n ôl mor greulon oddi wrth deuluoedd anghenus Cymru. Hoffwn ofyn am y wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am y nifer sy'n manteisio ar daliadau'r cynllun cymorth a gofyn sut y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn monitro effeithiolrwydd mentrau codi ymwybyddiaeth i sicrhau bod y rheini sydd wir angen y cymorth hwn yn cael mynediad ato.