English: Thank you, Mark Isherwood, for bringing forward this very important debate, and I just wanted to say how apt it is that we discuss such an important matter on the last day of this Senedd term. And I just want to talk very briefly about a family in my constituency. I want to talk about Caden. He lives with his mum, Lisa, in Merthyr Tydfil, and Lisa said that her life stopped the day that she had Caden, because she then became his nurse, 24/7. I think a lot of new parents can relate to that, particularly in relation to dealing with the pandemic, but when you add the stress of knowing that this little boy has a life-limiting illness and could be taken away at any moment, then that pressure could be overwhelming. Before going to Tŷ Hafan and accessing respite care, Lisa said that the pressure was overwhelming for her, she wasn't coping and she was in denial about how these things were affecting her. Thankfully, the respite care offered to Caden and his family took that pressure away: it allowed them to catch up with sleep; it gave them a safe space to talk about the challenges that they faced; and Caden came into his own, playing and interacting with other children. It changed everything for that family. That is why these families refer to the care that they get in hospices, as Mark Isherwood has already said, as a lifeline, and why a dedicated lifeline fund is so badly needed. I note and welcome that a funding review has been announced into hospices, but we know already that the needs of the most vulnerable people in Wales are not being fully met. So, I hope that we can all commit today, as one of the final acts of this Parliament, that a lifeline fund would be an immediate priority for the next Senedd.
Welsh: Diolch, Mark Isherwood, am gyflwyno'r ddadl bwysig iawn hon, ac roeddwn am ddweud mor addas yw hi ein bod yn trafod mater mor bwysig ar ddiwrnod olaf tymor y Senedd hon. Ac rwyf am siarad yn fyr iawn am deulu yn fy etholaeth. Rwyf eisiau siarad am Caden. Mae'n byw gyda'i fam, Lisa, ym Merthyr Tudful, a dywedodd Lisa fod ei bywyd wedi stopio y diwrnod y cafodd hi Caden, oherwydd wedyn daeth yn nyrs iddo, 24 awr y diwrnod, saith diwrnod yr wythnos. Credaf y gall llawer o rieni newydd uniaethu â hynny, yn enwedig wrth ymdopi â'r pandemig, ond pan ychwanegwch y straen o wybod bod gan y bachgen bach hwn salwch sy'n cyfyngu ar fywyd ac y gallai'r bywyd hwnnw ddod i ben ar unrhyw adeg, gallai'r pwysau hwnnw fod yn aruthrol. Cyn mynd i Dŷ Hafan a chael gofal seibiant, dywedodd Lisa fod y pwysau'n aruthrol iddi, nid oedd yn ymdopi ac roedd hi'n gwadu'r modd roedd y pethau hyn yn effeithio arni. Diolch byth, fe gafodd y gofal seibiant a gynigiwyd i Caden a'i deulu wared ar y pwysau hwnnw: fe wnaeth ganiatáu iddynt ddal i fyny â'u cwsg; rhoddodd le diogel iddynt siarad am yr heriau roeddent yn eu hwynebu; ac roedd Caden wrth ei fodd yn chwarae a rhyngweithio â phlant eraill. Newidiodd bopeth i'r teulu hwnnw. Dyna pam y mae'r teuluoedd hyn yn cyfeirio at y gofal a gânt mewn hosbisau fel achubiaeth, fel y mae Mark Isherwood eisoes wedi'i ddweud, a pham y mae cymaint o angen cronfa achub bwrpasol. Rwy'n nodi bod adolygiad ar ariannu hosbisau wedi'i gyhoeddi, ac rwy'n croesawu hynny, ond gwyddom eisoes nad yw anghenion y bobl fwyaf agored i niwed yng Nghymru'n cael eu diwallu'n llawn. Felly, rwy'n gobeithio y gallwn i gyd ymrwymo heddiw, fel un o weithredoedd terfynol y Senedd hon, i sicrhau bod cronfa achub yn flaenoriaeth ar unwaith i'r Senedd nesaf.