English: I would like to thank the Minister for this update, and also take this opportunity to raise the issue of promised funding for flood victims. We still have a crisis situation in Aberconwy. During storm Ciara, around 10 properties in Betws-y-Coed and 60 in Llanrwst were flooded out, on 9 February. We then had storm Dennis, and I've got to be honest, it was the community rallying around that stopped further devastation there, and the emergency services. But again, this weekend, we saw roads cut off and Llanrwst feeling almost isolated. Now, you will be aware, Minister, that on 11 February I did ask you what funding would be available to the local authority and residents to assist with the clean-up, and I also wrote to the Minister for Finance for emergency financial support on 14 February. Yet, it took the First Minister until 18 February to announce the creation of an emergency funding relief scheme. And it was only yesterday that you could actually access that. Forms were only available yesterday. So, you can understand that my residents in Aberconwy feel very frustrated that the First Minister seemed - and I will say seemed, or appeared - to choose to wait until after storm Dennis to take any action. For my - [ Interruption.] So, why were the forms only available yesterday? For my constituents, that means they have been waiting over 15 days for any emergency financial assistance. For some without insurance, that is over two weeks without even being able to start to tackle - [ Interruption.] You can shout all you want, it's exactly right what's happened. Only non-chemical cleans have been undertaken on some flooded estates. I've still got children in my constituency having to live upstairs because their homes have just had a jet wash, yet there was sewage mud running through those homes. At least three businesses without insurance have now ceased trading, and others continue to fight for their future. Many constituents have been desperately trying to get hold of any promised financial support. The community response to their plea, though, has been exceptional. Many of us have been making an effort to be on hand, to help where we can, be that through making representation to the local authority - . And I have to give credit to Conwy County Borough Council for their immense efforts during storm Dennis, to ensure that those already affected weren't affected yet again. Whilst I am grateful for the fact that all households affected by flooding throughout Wales will technically receive £500, possibly £1,000, for those without house insurance it's just a mere drop in the ocean. I had a resident on the phone to me yesterday, she's lost her business, her home, and her car. She has nothing left, as we speak today. So, Minister, why did it take until after storm Dennis for the First Minister to announce financial support to individuals affected by storm Ciara? Can consideration be given to increasing the amount of financial support available in exceptional circumstances? What emergency support will be available to our flood-hit farms, which saw losses of livestock? No mention of that in your statement. And will money be available to help undo damage to our listed, precious, historical buildings? And you know where I'm going with this: Gwydir castle and gardens. The unfairness caused to them is immense. It is well known that I want to see an independent inquiry into flood mitigation measures in Aberconwy, because we were flooded out in December 2015, March last year, storm Ciara, and more effects from storm Dennis. Your Welsh Government - . You said in your question response to me, 'No further reviews'. People in Llanrwst feel that you are not interested, Minister. [ Interruption.] I've asked four questions. I now ask: will you work with Natural Resources Wales to reassess previously proposed and rejected options? And I endorse what Mandy Jones has said over there: people believe that the River Conwy, now recording at its highest levels, should actually have an implemented flood risk mitigation scheme in terms of dredging, or some form of support for that river. Thank you.
Welsh: Hoffwn ddiolch i'r Gweinidog am y diweddariad hwn, a manteisio ar y cyfle hwn hefyd i grybwyll mater y cyllid a addawyd ar gyfer y rhai a ddioddefodd o achos y llifogydd. Mae gennym ni sefyllfa argyfyngus yn Aberconwy o hyd. Yn ystod storm Ciara, effeithiwyd ar tua 10 eiddo ym Metws-y-coed a 60 yn Llanrwst, ar 9 Chwefror. Yna cawsom storm Dennis, ac mae'n rhaid i mi fod yn onest, y gymuned yn dod ynghyd yn wyneb hynny a rwystrodd fwy o ddinistr yn hynny o beth, a'r gwasanaethau brys. Ond eto, y penwythnos hwn, gwelsom ffyrdd yn diflannu dan ddŵr a Llanrwst yn teimlo bron yn ynysig. Nawr, byddwch yn ymwybodol, Gweinidog, fy mod wedi gofyn i chi, ar 11 Chwefror, pa gyllid a fyddai ar gael i'r awdurdod lleol a'r trigolion i helpu gyda'r gwaith glanhau, ac ysgrifennais hefyd at y Gweinidog Cyllid am gymorth ariannol brys ar 14 Chwefror. Eto i gyd, cymerodd y Prif Weinidog tan 18 Chwefror i gyhoeddi y byddai cynllun cefnogaeth o arian brys yn cael ei greu. A dim ond ddoe roedd modd ymgeisio am hynny. Dim ond ddoe roedd ffurflenni ar gael. Felly, gallwch ddeall bod fy nhrigolion yn Aberconwy yn teimlo'n rhwystredig iawn gan ei bod yn ymddangos bod y Prif Weinidog - ac fe wnaf i ddweud ymddangos, neu ei fod fel pe bai - wedi dewis aros tan ar ôl storm Dennis i wneud unrhyw beth. Ar ran fy - [ Torri ar draws.] Felly, pam mai dim ond ddoe yr oedd y ffurflenni ar gael? I'm hetholwyr i, mae hynny'n golygu y buont yn aros dros 15 diwrnod am gymorth ariannol brys. I rai heb yswiriant, mae hynny dros bythefnos cyn gellid hyd yn oed dechrau mynd i'r afael â - [ Torri ar draws.] Gallwch weiddi faint fynnoch chi, dyna'n union sydd wedi digwydd. Dim ond glanhau heb unrhyw gemegau sydd wedi digwydd ar rai ystadau sydd wedi dioddef llifogydd. Mae gennyf i blant yn fy etholaeth i y mae'n rhaid iddyn nhw fyw i fyny'r grisiau o hyd gan mai dim ond golchiad syml efo peiriant chwistrellu dŵr y maen nhw wedi ei gael, ond roedd llaid carthion yn rhedeg drwy'r cartrefi hynny. Mae o leiaf dri busnes heb yswiriant bellach wedi rhoi'r gorau i fasnachu, ac mae eraill yn parhau i frwydro am eu dyfodol. Mae llawer o etholwyr wedi bod yn ymdrechu'n daer i gael gafael ar unrhyw gymorth ariannol a addawyd. Ond mae ymateb y gymuned i'w ple wedi bod yn eithriadol. Mae llawer ohonom ni wedi gwneud ymdrech i fod wrth law, i helpu lle y gallwn ni, boed hynny drwy gysylltu â'r awdurdod lleol - . Ac mae'n rhaid i mi roi clod i Gyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy am eu hymdrechion mawr yn ystod storm Dennis, i sicrhau nad effeithiwyd eto ar y rhai yr effeithiwyd arnyn nhw eisoes. Er fy mod yn ddiolchgar am y ffaith y bydd pob cartref yr effeithiwyd arnynt gan lifogydd ledled Cymru yn cael £500 yn dechnegol, £1,000 o bosib, ar gyfer y rheini sydd heb yswiriant tŷ, dim ond diferyn yn y môr ydyw. Roedd gennyf breswylydd ar y ffôn ddoe, mae hi wedi colli ei busnes, ei chartref, a'i char. Nid oes ganddi ddim byd ar ôl, wrth inni siarad heddiw. Felly, Gweinidog, pam y cymerodd hi tan ar ôl storm Dennis i'r Prif Weinidog gyhoeddi cymorth ariannol i unigolion a effeithiwyd gan storm Ciara? A ellir ystyried cynyddu faint o gymorth ariannol sydd ar gael mewn amgylchiadau eithriadol? Pa gymorth brys fydd ar gael i'n ffermydd a ddioddefodd lifogydd, a gollodd eu da byw? Nid oes sôn am hynny yn eich datganiad. Ac a fydd arian ar gael i helpu dadwneud difrod i'n hadeiladau rhestredig, gwerthfawr, hanesyddol? Ac fe wyddoch chi at beth rwy'n cyfeirio wrth ddweud hyn: Castell a gerddi Gwydir. Mae'r annhegwch a achoswyd iddynt yn anferthol. Mae'n hysbys fy mod eisiau gweld ymchwiliad annibynnol i fesurau lliniaru llifogydd yn Aberconwy, oherwydd cawsom ein boddi ym mis Rhagfyr 2015, fis Mawrth y llynedd, storm Ciara, a mwy o effeithiau o storm Dennis. Dywedodd Llywodraeth Cymru - . Fe wnaethoch chi ddweud yn ymateb i'm cwestiwn, 'dim adolygiadau pellach'. Mae pobl yn Llanrwst yn teimlo nad oes gennych chi ddiddordeb, Gweinidog. [ Torri ar draws.] Rwyf wedi gofyn pedwar cwestiwn. Gofynnaf nawr: a wnewch chi weithio gyda Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru i ailasesu'r posibiliadau a gynigiwyd yn flaenorol ac a wrthodwyd? Ac ategaf yr hyn y mae Mandy Jones wedi'i ddweud draw yn y fan yna: mae pobl yn credu y dylai afon Conwy, na fu erioed mor uchel, gael cynllun lliniaru perygl llifogydd sy'n cael ei roi ar waith o ran carthu'r gwely, neu ryw fath o gefnogaeth i'r afon honno. Diolch.