English: I thank Mike Hedges for raising this issue and the concern that he's shown for some time about the workers at both Virgin and Dawnus. With regard to Virgin, I can say that, since the announcement of the closure, the employees at Virgin Media have been supported by Careers Wales, the Department for Work and Pensions, the Welsh Contact Centre Forum and the ReAct programme. The support has included careers advice, retraining support and the job fairs to which Mike Hedges referred. To date, of 192 leavers, 92 per cent have successfully been redeployed as part of the outplacement programme, the majority of which have been through those job fairs, and seven individuals have transferred to other jobs within Virgin Media. In terms of ReAct, 44 vocational training grants have been awarded, and two companies have been awarded wage subsidies in respect of Virgin Media workers, and there will be another series of job fairs in the second week of June, just coming up. With regard to Dawnus, working with the official receiver, the taskforce have identified 430 direct former employees of the business and those who have addresses in Wales. The Welsh staff affected have been provided with the relevant redundancy information, and they've also been provided with advice on how to access support from the Welsh Government's ReAct programme, Careers Wales and the DWP's Jobcentre Plus. So, the kind of support that's been made available ranges from practical advice and guidance around CV writing to vocational training subsidies and also wage subsidy support for employers recruiting displaced staff. And also the taskforce is working with the Construction Industry Training Board to ensure that apprentices affected are found new placements with employers, where appropriate, to complete their training and also to find long-term employment.
Welsh: Diolch i Mike Hedges am godi'r mater hwn a'r pryder y mae wedi'i ddangos ers tro am y gweithwyr yn Virgin a Dawnus. O ran Virgin, gallaf ddweud, ers cyhoeddi y byddai'n cau, fod gweithwyr Virgin Media wedi cael cefnogaeth gan Gyrfa Cymru, yr Adran Gwaith a Phensiynau, Fforwm Canolfan Gyswllt Cymru a'r rhaglen ReAct. Mae'r cymorth wedi cynnwys cyngor gyrfaoedd, cymorth ailhyfforddi a'r ffeiriau swyddi y cyfeiriodd Mike Hedges atynt. Hyd yma, o'r 192 o bobl a adawodd, mae 92 y cant wedi cael eu hadleoli'n llwyddiannus fel rhan o'r rhaglen all-leoli, y rhan fwyaf ohonynt wedi bod drwy'r ffeiriau swyddi hynny, ac mae saith unigolyn wedi trosglwyddo i swyddi eraill yn Virgin Media. O ran ReAct, mae 44 o grantiau hyfforddiant galwedigaethol wedi'u dyfarnu, ac mae dau gwmni wedi cael cymorthdaliadau cyflogau mewn cysylltiad â gweithwyr Virgin Media, a bydd cyfres arall o ffeiriau swyddi yn ystod ail wythnos mis Mehefin, cyn bo hir. O ran Dawnus, gan weithio gyda'r derbynnydd swyddogol, mae'r tasglu wedi nodi 430 o gyn-gyflogeion uniongyrchol y busnes a'r rhai sydd â chyfeiriadau yng Nghymru. Mae'r staff yng Nghymru yr effeithiwyd arnyn nhw wedi cael yr wybodaeth berthnasol am ddiswyddo, ac maen nhw hefyd wedi cael cyngor ar sut i gael gafael ar gymorth gan raglen ReAct Llywodraeth Cymru, Gyrfa Cymru a Chanolfan Byd Gwaith DWP. Felly, mae'r math o gymorth a oedd ar gael yn amrywio o gyngor ymarferol ac arweiniad ar ysgrifennu CV i gymorthdaliadau hyfforddiant galwedigaethol a hefyd gymhorthdal cyflog i gyflogwyr sy'n recriwtio staff a ddadleolwyd. Mae'r tasglu hefyd yn gweithio gyda Bwrdd Hyfforddi'r Diwydiant Adeiladu i sicrhau bod prentisiaid yr effeithiwyd arnyn nhw yn cael lleoliadau newydd gyda chyflogwyr, lle bo'n briodol, i gwblhau eu hyfforddiant a hefyd i ddod o hyd i gyflogaeth hirdymor.