English: I'm a member of the committee, and I think this is one of the most important inquiries that we have actually undertaken. I know the Government does acknowledge that children's emotional and mental health is an issue that crosses so many boundaries between so many different people and so many different organisations - health, schools, youth support organisations, youth clubs, CAMHS - so I welcome the committee's recommendation and the Government's acceptance that it should be a national priority, but I think if you have something as a national priority, you have to go all out to achieve it, and it's in the more detailed recommendations that we don't really have the response that we were hoping for. I agree very strongly with the committee's view that it should be the business of everyone who comes into contact with children to have their well-being and mental health at the forefront of their minds, because what could be more precious than a child's state of mind? We must aim for a generation of emotionally secure, happy children with a positive mindset, but to do that the Welsh Government does have to take action. The report recommends that everyone who cares, volunteers or works with children and young people be trained in emotional and mental health awareness so that they can tackle issues of stigma and promote good mental health. Now, the Government accepts this, but only accepts it in principle. It is disappointing to see this described as 'unrealistic'. Surely, most people who work with children receive, as a minimum, some initial training, so why could not this include an element to at least raise awareness of the importance of looking out for children's emotional and mental well-being? I can't see that there's any problem at all in that, and I don't see that that's unrealistic at all. I think it's essential that initial teacher training has this built in, and the training that youth workers have, the training that health staff have, and I really think that that is something that could be incorporated into the training that already takes place with no problem. So, I do not accept that it is unrealistic that that recommendation should be taken forward. Now, I think when a child's mental health suffers, it does cause a huge amount of stress and upset for their family, their friends, for the school, for everybody who works with them. The ripples from a child's mental health, I think, go so far, and many of us have experienced that issue. Families can do their best to provide for their children emotionally and materially, but problems with your emotional and mental health can happen to every family. So, children's mental health is a great leveller. But I think we do know that there are particularly vulnerable groups, and two of those are looked-after children and adopted children, and I think it's important to signal that out. Last week, I sponsored an event in which Adoption UK launched its report, called 'Bridging the Gap', about giving adopted children an equal chance in school. Adopted children do need extra support in school, and schools are maybe not sometimes as aware of this as they should be - there is an understanding gap. And it shows that 65 per cent of adopted children did not feel that their teachers fully understood how to support them, and this rose to 74 per cent at secondary school age. So, I think this is very concerning that the feedback from adopted children - who, we know, because of attachment issues they may have had early in life, are more vulnerable to have mental health problems - didn't feel that they could turn to their teachers. I do think that our report has reflected that, really, in most of the aspects that we've dealt with - that children have to seek support and wait for support in a way that the Chair has described that is not acceptable. I feel it should be the burning mission of this Assembly to ensure that our children do grow up with sound, healthy bodies and minds, and that it should be our burning mission to make this happen. So, I feel that this report does lay it out, but I do think it is up to the Government to ensure that this is their burning mission as well, and that together we can all work together to make our children happy and fulfilled.
Welsh: Rwy'n aelod o'r pwyllgor, a chredaf mai dyma un o'r ymchwiliadau mwyaf pwysig a gyflawnwyd gennym mewn gwirionedd. Gwn fod y Llywodraeth yn cydnabod bod iechyd emosiynol ac iechyd meddwl plant yn fater sy'n croesi cymaint o ffiniau rhwng cymaint o wahanol bobl a chymaint o wahanol sefydliadau - iechyd, ysgolion, sefydliadau cefnogi ieuenctid, clybiau ieuenctid, CAMHS - felly, croesawaf argymhelliad y pwyllgor a derbyniad y Llywodraeth y dylai fod yn flaenoriaeth genedlaethol, ond os oes gennych rywbeth yn flaenoriaeth genedlaethol, credaf fod yn rhaid ichi wneud popeth a allwch i'w chyflawni, ac yn yr argymhellion mwy manwl ni chawsom yr ymateb y gobeithiem ei gael mewn gwirionedd. Rwy'n cytuno'n gryf â barn y pwyllgor y dylai pawb sy'n dod i gysylltiad â phlant roi eu lles a'u hiechyd meddwl yn flaenaf yn eu meddyliau, oherwydd beth allai fod yn bwysicach na chyflwr meddwl plentyn? Rhaid inni anelu i gael cenhedlaeth o blant hapus a sicr yn emosiynol, gyda meddylfryd cadarnhaol, ond i wneud hynny rhaid i Lywodraeth Cymru weithredu. Mae'r adroddiad yn argymell y dylai pawb sy'n gofalu am blant, neu'n gwirfoddoli neu'n gweithio gyda phlant a phobl ifanc gael hyfforddiant mewn ymwybyddiaeth o iechyd emosiynol ac iechyd meddwl fel y gallant fynd i'r afael â materion stigma a hyrwyddo iechyd meddwl da. Nawr, mae'r Llywodraeth yn derbyn hyn, ond mewn egwyddor yn unig. Mae'n siomedig gweld hyn yn cael ei ddisgrifio fel rhywbeth 'afrealistig'. Does bosib nad yw'r rhan fwyaf o bobl sy'n gweithio gyda phlant yn cael rhywfaint o leiaf o hyfforddiant cychwynnol, felly pam na allai hyn gynnwys elfen i godi ymwybyddiaeth fan lleiaf o bwysigrwydd gofalu am les emosiynol a meddyliol plant? Ni allaf weld bod unrhyw broblem o gwbl yn hynny, ac nid wyf yn gweld bod hynny'n afrealistig o gwbl. Credaf ei bod yn hanfodol ei fod wedi'i gynnwys mewn hyfforddiant cychwynnol i athrawon, a'r hyfforddiant y mae gweithwyr ieuenctid yn ei gael, yr hyfforddiant y mae staff iechyd yn ei gael, ac rwy'n meddwl o ddifrif fod hynny'n rhywbeth y gellid ei ymgorffori yn yr hyfforddiant sydd eisoes yn digwydd heb unrhyw drafferth. Felly, nid wyf yn derbyn bod gweithredu'r argymhelliad hwnnw'n afrealistig. Nawr, pan fydd iechyd meddwl plentyn yn dioddef, credaf fod hynny'n achosi llawer iawn o straen a gofid i'w teulu, eu ffrindiau, yr ysgol, a phawb sy'n gweithio gyda hwy. Credaf fod goblygiadau iechyd meddwl plentyn mor bellgyrhaeddol ac mae llawer ohonom wedi profi'r problemau hynny. Gall teuluoedd wneud eu gorau i ddarparu ar gyfer eu plant yn emosiynol ac yn faterol, ond gall problemau gyda'ch iechyd emosiynol a'ch iechyd meddwl ddigwydd i bob teulu. Felly, mae iechyd meddwl plant yn broblem sy'n gallu effeithio ar deuluoedd o bob math. Ond credaf fod pawb ohonom yn gwybod bod yna grwpiau sy'n arbennig o agored i niwed, a dau o'r grwpiau hynny yw plant sy'n derbyn gofal a phlant wedi'u mabwysiadu, ac mae'n bwysig cyfleu hynny. Yr wythnos diwethaf, noddais ddigwyddiad pan lansiodd Adoption UK eu hadroddiad o'r enw 'Bridging the Gap' ar roi cyfle cyfartal i blant wedi'u mabwysiadu yn yr ysgol. Mae angen cymorth ychwanegol ar blant wedi'u mabwysiadu yn yr ysgol, ac efallai nad yw ysgolion mor ymwybodol o hynny ag y dylent fod weithiau - mae yna fwlch yn y ddealltwriaeth. Ac mae'n dangos nad oedd 65 y cant o blant wedi'u mabwysiadu yn teimlo bod eu hathrawon yn deall yn iawn sut i'w cefnogi, a chodai hyn i 74 y cant yn ystod oedran ysgol uwchradd. Felly, credaf ei fod yn destun pryder mawr fod yr adborth gan blant wedi'u mabwysiadu - sydd, fel y gwyddom, oherwydd problemau ymlyniad y gallent fod wedi'u cael yn gynnar mewn bywyd, yn fwy agored i gael problemau iechyd meddwl - yn dangos nad oeddent yn teimlo y gallent droi at eu hathrawon. Rwy'n credu bod ein hadroddiad wedi adlewyrchu hynny mewn gwirionedd yn y rhan fwyaf o'r elfennau y buom yn ymdrin â hwy - fod plant yn gorfod gofyn am gymorth ac aros am gymorth mewn modd y mae'r Cadeirydd wedi'i alw'n annerbyniol. Rwy'n teimlo y dylai'r Cynulliad hwn ei gwneud hi'n genhadaeth danbaid i sicrhau bod ein plant yn tyfu i fyny'n iach yn gorfforol ac yn feddyliol, ac mai ein cenhadaeth danbaid ni yw gwneud i hyn ddigwydd. Teimlaf felly fod yr adroddiad hwn yn nodi'r cyfan hyn, ond credaf mai mater i'r Llywodraeth yw sicrhau ei bod hi'n genhadaeth danbaid iddi hi yn ogystal, ac y gallwn, gyda'n gilydd, gydweithio i wneud ein plant yn hapus ac yn fodlon.