English: Well, diolch yn fawr. Thank you very much, Laura Anne Jones. Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. And I am very grateful for her support to join that celebration and recognition of the positive endorsement of the United Nations International Day of People With Disabilities, and thank you for not only welcoming the statement, but also bringing out other issues, particularly issues that I didn't address, for example, in terms of disability sport. It is important that we start, of course, in terms of responding to the very many points that you've made, by looking at the impact that disabled people have been experiencing as a result of COVID-19, and the importance of us learning, listening and working with disabled people to address these issues. I'm very conscious of the fact that, earlier on in the pandemic, we recognised that there were many difficulties, for example, faced by blind and visually impaired people: social distancing, and you mentioned that point about changes to physical environment, and difficulties in terms of maintaining the 2m social distance. They were raised - those points - at an early disability equality forum, and it was very helpful that there was a briefing drafted by RNIB Cymru and Guide Dogs Cymru, back in May, highlighting concerns around proposed sustainable transport measures. And, of course, those points had to be reflected in equality impact assessments; Guide Dogs Cymru sending a briefing to both myself and to the Deputy Minister for economy and transport, then communicating that to local authorities in terms of changes to physical environments, and then, in June, as I said, publishing guidance entitled, 'Creating safer public places: coronavirus'. These are all key issues to explain how we have worked with disabled people and their organisations to try and get this right, as much as possible, in terms of impacts. And, of course, it has been important too, the fact that we have made funding available to the third sector, and particularly to say £1.1 million of support to 24 organisations supporting disabled people - the voluntary services emergency fund. Fourteen organisations, including Sparkle (South Wales), Mirus-Wales, RNIB, Disability Can Do, Vale People First, Cerebral Palsy Cymru - all these organisations being able to be supported as a result of that fund that we made available. It is important that you raise the issue of hate crime, and the fact that the hate crime statistics that we more recently received did still identify that 11 per cent were disability hate crimes. This is very concerning. We have got to raise awareness. We've provided funding of £22,000 to All Wales People First for a hate crime consultation with all their networks of adults with learning disabilities. It's crucial that that, of course, had to be done through remote sessions, engaging with All Wales People First, to explore options. But also I have written to the Home Secretary to urge the UK Government to recognise hate crime and, of course, that is something where we await now for the position from the publication of the Law Commission review. You raise a number of key points, many of which I have addressed in my paper today, but I think it is very important - as you have yourself acknowledged - that the access to the elected office fund is going to make a difference. Disability Wales actually was awarded the contract to deliver that fund - pilot project - to provide support for disabled candidates, in both our Senedd and local government elections, and we hope that fund will help them to compete on a level playing field with non-disabled candidates. So, I do welcome all your comments, on particularly recognising the scope and the recognition that it is through working with and learning from disabled people who want action - not just listening, they want action - that we can then bring this together and account for ourselves in the statement today.
Welsh: Wel, diolch yn fawr. Diolch yn fawr iawn, Laura Anne Jones. Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Ac rwy'n ddiolchgar iawn am ei chefnogaeth hi i ymuno â'r dathliad hwnnw a chydnabod cefnogaeth gadarnhaol i Ddiwrnod Rhyngwladol Pobl ag Anableddau y Cenhedloedd Unedig, a diolch i chi nid yn unig am groesawu'r datganiad, ond am gyflwyno materion eraill hefyd, yn enwedig materion na wnes i fynd i'r afael â nhw, er enghraifft, o ran chwaraeon pobl anabl. Mae'n bwysig ein bod ni'n dechrau, wrth gwrs, drwy ymateb i'r pwyntiau lluosog iawn a wnaethoch chi, drwy edrych ar yr effaith sydd wedi bod ar bobl anabl o ganlyniad i COVID-19, a phwysigrwydd dysgu, gwrando a gweithio gyda phobl anabl i fynd i'r afael â'r materion hynny. Rwy'n ymwybodol iawn o'r ffaith ein bod ni, yn gynharach yn ystod y pandemig, wedi cydnabod bod llawer o anawsterau, er enghraifft, sy'n wynebu pobl ddall a phobl â nam ar eu golwg: cadw pellter cymdeithasol, ac fe gyfeirioch at y pwynt hwnnw am newidiadau i'r amgylchedd ffisegol, ac anawsterau o ran cynnal y pellter cymdeithasol o 2m. Fe godwyd hyn - y pwyntiau hynny - mewn fforwm cynnar ar gydraddoldeb anabledd, ac roedd yn ddefnyddiol iawn cael papur briffio a ddrafftiwyd gan RNIB Cymru a Chŵn Tywys Cymru, yn ôl ym mis Mai, a oedd yn tynnu sylw at bryderon ynghylch mesurau trafnidiaeth gynaliadwy arfaethedig. Ac, wrth gwrs, fe fu'n rhaid adlewyrchu'r pwyntiau hynny mewn asesiadau o'r effaith ar gydraddoldeb; mae Cŵn Tywys Cymru yn anfon briff i mi a Dirprwy Weinidog yr Economi a Thrafnidiaeth, ac yn cyfleu hynny wedyn i awdurdodau lleol o ran newidiadau i amgylcheddau ffisegol, ac yna, ym mis Mehefin, fel y dywedais i, wrth gyhoeddi canllawiau o'r enw 'Creu mannau cyhoeddus mwy diogel: coronafeirws'. Mae'r rhain i gyd yn faterion allweddol ar gyfer egluro sut rydym ni wedi gweithio gyda phobl anabl a'u sefydliadau nhw i geisio sicrhau ein bod yn gwneud hyn yn iawn, cyn belled ag y bo modd, o ran yr effeithiau. Ac, wrth gwrs, mae'n bwysig hefyd ein bod ni wedi sicrhau bod cyllid ar gael i'r trydydd sector, ac yn arbennig drwy ddweud bod £1.1 miliwn o gymorth i'w roi i 24 o sefydliadau sy'n cefnogi pobl anabl - y gronfa argyfwng gwasanaethau gwirfoddol. Roedd 14 o sefydliadau, gan gynnwys Sparkle (De Cymru), Mirus-Cymru, RNIB, Anabledd Gallu Gwneud, Pobl yn Gyntaf y Fro, Parlys yr Ymennydd Cymru - yr holl sefydliadau hyn yn gallu cael cymorth o ganlyniad i'r gronfa honno a ddarparwyd gennym ni. Mae'n bwysig eich bod wedi codi mater troseddau casineb, ac roedd y ffaith bod yr ystadegau troseddau casineb a gawsom ni'n fwyaf diweddar yn nodi bod 11 y cant yn parhau i fod yn droseddau casineb anabledd. Mae hyn yn peri pryder mawr. Mae'n rhaid inni godi ymwybyddiaeth. Rydym wedi rhoi cyllid o £22,000 i Bobl yn Gyntaf Cymru Gyfan ar gyfer ymgynghoriad troseddau casineb gyda'u holl rwydweithiau nhw o oedolion ag anableddau dysgu. Mae'n hanfodol gwneud hynny, wrth gwrs, drwy sesiynau o bell, gan ymgysylltu â Phobl yn Gyntaf Cymru Gyfan, i archwilio dewisiadau. Ond rwyf wedi ysgrifennu at yr Ysgrifennydd Cartref hefyd i annog Llywodraeth y DU i gydnabod troseddau casineb ac, wrth gwrs, rydym ni'n aros nawr am y safbwynt o gyhoeddiad adolygiad Comisiwn y Gyfraith. Rydych chi'n codi nifer o bwyntiau allweddol, ac rwyf wedi mynd i'r afael â llawer ohonyn nhw yn fy mhapur i heddiw. Ond rwy'n credu ei bod yn bwysig iawn - fel yr ydych chi eich hun wedi cydnabod - y bydd argaeledd y gronfa swyddi etholedig yn gwneud gwahaniaeth. Yn wir fe ddyfarnwyd y contract i Anabledd Cymru ar gyfer cyflwyno'r gronfa hon - prosiect peilot - i estyn cymorth i ymgeiswyr anabl, yn ein hetholiadau Seneddol a llywodraeth leol, ac rydym yn gobeithio y bydd y gronfa honno'n eu helpu nhw i gystadlu ar yr un lefel ag ymgeiswyr nad ydynt yn anabl. Felly, rwy'n croesawu eich holl sylwadau, yn arbennig o ran cydnabod y sgôp a sylweddoli mai trwy weithio gyda phobl anabl sy'n dymuno gweithredu, a dysgu oddi wrthyn nhw - nid dim ond gwrando, maen nhw'n dymuno gweithredu - y gallwn ni ddwyn hyn ynghyd a bod yn atebol yn y datganiad heddiw.