English: Okay. Then, if I move to a specific council, if I may, it's nearly two decades now since Flintshire's internal audit manager successfully took action against the council, and at the core of his complaints were denial of access to documents and failure to respond to correspondence. A few years later, we had the housing maintenance scandal, where similar problems were identified by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the independent Roots report. A whole tranche of people left the council, allegedly with non-disclosure agreements. A few years later, we had the AD Waste scandal, a similar pattern - again, two members of staff leaving the authority, but, again, the police saying they couldn't prosecute, because of the lack of documentation. In 2018, Flintshire council had a debate and called for action after a councillor named and shamed officers who didn't reply to calls and e-mails, and called for further action to be taken. And now we have, this month, an ombudsman's report by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales into Flintshire County Council, which found that, despite identifying in 2014 a statutory nuisance, the council didn't open an appropriate case file until 18 months later. The council was aware from at least 2012 that they didn't have appropriate planning consent, but almost no planning records from before August 2018, failures in interdepartmental communication and co-operation, lack of records, the council failed to respond to the complaints appropriately, there was an absence of clearly established ownership at senior levels in the council, compounded by the length of the time the failures continued, and a lack of regard for the difficulties faced. These reports, going back 10 years, and 20 years, are all identifying the same problems, irrespective of the political leadership as it comes and goes. What are you going to do about it? Because last time I raised this with you, you said it's matter for the council, and your predecessors over the years have always said it's just a matter for the council. But surely this can't go on unchallenged and uninvestigated, when the same problems keep arising.
Welsh: Iawn. Os caf symud ymlaen at gyngor penodol, mae bron i ddau ddegawd bellach ers i reolwr archwilio mewnol Sir y Fflint lwyddo yn ei achos yn erbyn y cyngor, ac roedd gwrthod mynediad at ddogfennau a methiant i ymateb i ohebiaeth yn nodwedd ganolog o'i gwynion. Ychydig flynyddoedd yn ddiweddarach, cawsom y sgandal cynnal a chadw tai, lle nodwyd problemau tebyg gan PricewaterhouseCoopers ac adroddiad annibynnol Roots. Gadawodd llu o bobl y cyngor, gyda chytundebau peidio â datgelu yn ôl y sôn. Ychydig flynyddoedd yn ddiweddarach, cawsom sgandal AD Waste, patrwm tebyg - unwaith eto, dau aelod o staff yn gadael yr awdurdod, ond unwaith eto, yr heddlu'n dweud na allent erlyn oherwydd y diffyg dogfennaeth. Yn 2018, cafodd cyngor Sir y Fflint ddadl a galwyd am gamau gweithredu ar ôl i gynghorydd enwi a chodi cywilydd ar swyddogion nad oedd yn ymateb i alwadau a negeseuon e-bost, a galwodd am gamau pellach. Ac yn awr mae gennym, y mis hwn, adroddiad ombwdsmon gan Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru i Gyngor Sir y Fflint a ganfu, er eu bod wedi nodi niwsans statudol yn 2014, nad oedd y cyngor wedi agor ffeil achos briodol tan 18 mis yn ddiweddarach. Roedd y cyngor yn ymwybodol ers o leiaf 2012 nad oedd ganddynt ganiatâd cynllunio priodol, ond nad oedd y nesaf peth i ddim cofnodion cynllunio cyn mis Awst 2018, fod methiannau o ran cyfathrebu a chydweithredu rhyngadrannol, prinder cofnodion, fod y cyngor wedi methu ymateb i'r cwynion yn briodol, fod diffyg perchnogaeth eglur wedi'i sefydlu ar lefelau uwch yn y cyngor, ffactor a waethygwyd gan hyd yr amser y parhaodd y methiannau, a diffyg ystyriaeth i'r anawsterau a wynebwyd. Mae'r adroddiadau hyn, sy'n mynd yn ôl 10 mlynedd, ac 20 mlynedd, i gyd yn nodi'r un problemau, waeth beth fo'r arweiniad gwleidyddol wrth iddo fynd a dod. Beth y bwriadwch ei wneud yn ei gylch? Oherwydd y tro diwethaf i mi godi hyn gyda chi, fe ddywedoch chi mai mater i'r cyngor ydyw, ac mae eich rhagflaenwyr dros y blynyddoedd bob amser wedi dweud mai mater i'r cyngor yn unig ydyw. Ond does bosibl y gall hyn barhau heb ei herio a'i archwilio, pan fo'r un problemau yn parhau i godi.