English: Now, we need to address the issue that we currently have - that net loss of graduates that we've heard about, and also the skills gaps that we have in vital sectors such as medicine and the STEM subjects. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service's data has shown a decline of around 14 per cent between 2015 and 2017 in the number of Welsh domiciled students applying to study medicine for all UK medicine courses, so there is an issue there that clearly needs tackling. And, more generally, we heard reference earlier to the report by the Resolution Foundation think tank back in August last year, telling us that Wales attracted nearly 24,000 graduates between 2013 and 2016, but that over 44,000 left, which was the net difference that Darren Millar referred to - over 20,000 students. Indeed, only two other parts of the UK had a worse figure than Wales, and they were Yorkshire and Humber and the north-east of England. This hasn't been recognised as an issue, I know, and Professor Diamond in his review certainly recognised the need to attract graduates to live and to work in Wales. Indeed, he recommended, as part of his work, that the Welsh Government incentivises students to bring or retain their skills to the benefit of Wales, and he outlined how the Welsh Government should consider maybe looking at permitting partial loan cancellation for those working in jobs in Wales that require a loan payment. But, of course, we're still waiting for definitive action from the Government in that respect. Now, Plaid Cymru has supported, of course, the move in terms of the way that funding is given, from tuition fee grant to maintenance grant, and we are very much aware that those upfront costs are a barrier, or the living costs are a barrier to many from obtaining the university education that they want to receive. But we have to tackle the loss of vital skills and knowledge within the Welsh economy, as we see young people leaving to study elsewhere and not, of course, very often returning to Wales.
Welsh: Nawr, mae angen inni fynd i'r afael â'r broblem sydd gennym ar hyn o bryd - y golled net o raddedigion y clywsom amdani, a hefyd y bwlch sgiliau sydd gennym mewn sectorau hanfodol megis meddygaeth a'r pynciau STEM. Mae data Gwasanaeth Derbyn y Prifysgolion a'r Colegau wedi dangos gostyngiad o tua 14 y cant rhwng 2015 a 2017 yn nifer y myfyrwyr o Gymru sy'n gwneud cais i astudio meddygaeth ar gyfer pob cwrs meddygaeth yn y DU, felly mae'n amlwg fod angen mynd i'r afael â'r broblem. Ac yn fwy cyffredinol, clywsom gyfeirio'n gynharach at yr adroddiad gan felin drafod Resolution Foundation ym mis Awst y llynedd yn dweud wrthym fod Cymru wedi denu bron 24,000 o raddedigion rhwng 2013 a 2016, ond bod dros 44,000 wedi gadael, sef y gwahaniaeth net y cyfeiriodd Darren Millar ato - dros 20,000 o fyfyrwyr. Yn wir, dwy ran arall yn unig o'r DU a oedd â ffigur gwaeth na Chymru, sef Swydd Efrog a Humber a gogledd-ddwyrain Lloegr. Nid yw hyn wedi'i gydnabod fel problem, rwy'n gwybod, ac yn sicr roedd yr Athro Diamond yn ei adolygiad yn cydnabod yr angen i ddenu graddedigion i fyw a gweithio yng Nghymru. Yn wir, fel rhan o'i waith, argymhellodd y dylai Llywodraeth Cymru gymell myfyrwyr i ddod â'u sgiliau i Gymru neu eu cadw yng Nghymru er budd Cymru, ac amlinellodd sut y dylai Llywodraeth Cymru ystyried caniatáu i fenthyciad gael ei ddileu yn rhannol ar gyfer pobl sy'n gweithio mewn swyddi yng Nghymru ac sydd angen talu benthyciad. Ond wrth gwrs, rydym yn dal i aros am weithredu pendant gan y Llywodraeth yn hynny o beth. Nawr, mae Plaid Cymru wedi cefnogi'r newid yn y ffordd y caiff cyllid ei roi, wrth gwrs, o'r grant ffioedd dysgu i grant cynhaliaeth, ac rydym yn ymwybodol iawn fod y costau ymlaen llaw hynny'n rhwystr, neu fod y costau byw yn rhwystr i lawer rhag cael yr addysg brifysgol y maent ei heisiau. Ond rhaid inni fynd i'r afael â cholli sgiliau a gwybodaeth hanfodol o fewn economi Cymru, wrth inni weld pobl ifanc yn gadael i astudio mewn mannau eraill ac yn aml yn peidio â dychwelyd i Gymru.