English: Thank you for raising this question. Ultimately, of course, the setting of council tax is a matter for local authorities - or for the councils, I should say - themselves. That said, Welsh Government is keen to support people with council tax and the payment of council tax, and we support over 200,000 households with their council tax. Often, households aren't aware of the support that's available to them, so I would suggest in the first instance that they could contact the council or look on the Welsh Government's website for the information about the support that is there for them. The inability to collect all of the council tax through COVID I know has been a particular issue for local authorities, so last year I was able to provide local authorities with additional funding to recognise that they had found it more difficult to collect council tax, and I think that that was a useful intervention. In terms of arrears, we've worked really hard with local government now to find a way in which arrears are sought to be collected in a way that is person centred. So, we very much ask local authorities to explore with that individual what the cause of the arrears is in the first instance - perhaps they're not claiming all of the support that they're entitled to, for example - and then to find a way that is sensitive to go about claiming those arrears. But, you know, it is a genuine issue during COVID, and we've worked hard to support local authorities, in recognising that they haven't been able to claim as much tax, and put in a much more person-centred approach to the collection of arrears.
Welsh: Diolch am ofyn y cwestiwn. Yn y pen draw, wrth gwrs, mater i awdurdodau lleol eu hunain yw pennu'r dreth gyngor - neu i'r cynghorau, dylwn ddweud. Wedi dweud hynny, mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn awyddus i gefnogi pobl gyda'r dreth gyngor a thalu'r dreth gyngor, ac rydym yn cefnogi dros 200,000 o aelwydydd gyda'u treth gyngor. Yn aml, nid yw aelwydydd yn ymwybodol o'r cymorth sydd ar gael iddynt, felly byddwn yn awgrymu yn y lle cyntaf y gallent gysylltu â'r cyngor neu edrych ar wefan Llywodraeth Cymru i gael gwybodaeth am y cymorth sydd ar gael iddynt. Rwy'n gwybod bod anallu i gasglu'r holl dreth gyngor drwy gyfnod COVID wedi bod yn broblem benodol i awdurdodau lleol, felly y llynedd, gallais roi arian ychwanegol i awdurdodau lleol i gydnabod eu bod wedi ei chael yn anos casglu'r dreth gyngor, a chredaf fod honno'n ymyrraeth ddefnyddiol. O ran ôl-ddyledion, rydym wedi gweithio'n galed iawn gyda llywodraeth leol yn awr i ddod o hyd i ffordd o gasglu ôl-ddyledion mewn ffordd sy'n canolbwyntio ar yr unigolyn. Felly, gofynnwn i awdurdodau lleol archwilio gydag unigolion beth yw achos yr ôl-ddyledion yn y lle cyntaf - efallai nad ydynt yn hawlio'r holl gymorth y mae ganddynt hawl iddo, er enghraifft - ac i ddod o hyd i ffordd sensitif o fynd ati i hawlio'r ôl-ddyledion hynny. Ond wyddoch chi, mae'n broblem wirioneddol yn ystod COVID, ac rydym wedi gweithio'n galed i gefnogi awdurdodau lleol, gan gydnabod nad ydynt wedi gallu hawlio cymaint o dreth, a rhoi dull o weithredu sy'n canolbwyntio llawer mwy ar yr unigolyn ar waith wrth fynd ati i gasglu ôl-ddyledion.