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English: Diolch. I recognise certainly the role played by SAGE, but I would appeal for the recognition of particular Welsh demographic factors when it comes to measuring the need here in Wales. So, perhaps one of big unanswered questions now. It looks increasingly likely that school closures is now a matter of 'when' not 'if'; for teachers and parents the question of 'when' obviously is very, very important. It would have been good to have a statement from the Minister for Education today, but in the absence of that and ahead of ministerial questions on education tomorrow, can I ask you to clarify a number of issues? Is it the working assumption now that schools will close sometime before the Easter break, or afterwards? Can you give statutory guidance in order to assist those who may be in a position to voluntarily keep their children away from school now, or who may feel compelled to do so, that these will not be recorded as absences? How will Welsh Government support pupils who receive free school meals? And crucially, when schools close, what provision will be made in school settings or elsewhere to enable key workers to continue to work?
Welsh: Diolch. Rwy'n cydnabod yn sicr y rhan y mae SAGE yn ei chwarae, ond byddwn yn apelio am gydnabyddiaeth i ffactorau demograffig penodol Cymru pan ddaw'n fater o fesur yr angen yma yng Nghymru. Felly, efallai, un o'r cwestiynau mawr sydd heb eu hateb nawr. Mae'n edrych yn fwyfwy tebygol bod cau ysgolion yn fater bellach o 'pryd' nid 'os'; i athrawon a rhieni mae'r cwestiwn 'pryd' yn amlwg yn bwysig dros ben. Byddai wedi bod yn dda cael datganiad gan y Gweinidog Addysg heddiw, ond yn niffyg hynny a chyn cwestiynau i'r gweinidog ar addysg yfory, a gaf i ofyn i chi egluro nifer o faterion? Ai'r dybiaeth weithiol nawr yw y bydd ysgolion yn cau rhywbryd cyn gwyliau'r Pasg, neu ar ôl hynny? A allwch chi roi canllawiau statudol er mwyn cynorthwyo'r rhai a allai fod mewn sefyllfa i gadw eu plant adref o'r ysgol yn wirfoddol nawr, neu a allai deimlo rheidrwydd i wneud hynny, na fydd y rhain yn cael eu cofnodi fel absenoldebau? Sut y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn cynorthwyo disgyblion sy'n cael prydau ysgol am ddim? Ac yn hollbwysig, pan fydd ysgolion yn cau, pa ddarpariaeth fydd yn cael ei gwneud mewn ysgolion neu fannau eraill i alluogi gweithwyr allweddol i barhau i weithio?
English: Finally, as well as being a health risk, this is also developing into an extremely worrying time financially for individuals and businesses. One small business in my constituency has already reported revenue losses of £120,000 - a small business - as a direct result of the virus. Another sees costs and losses mounting for his business to the extent that he can't see how he can afford to buy food for himself for much longer. Scotland has a COVID-19 helpline dedicated to business. Can we as a matter of urgency have one in Wales? We should be following the lead of President Macron, I think, who has promised that no business will go under because of COVID-19. I know you will be in agreement with me that UK Government should provide similar assurances, but if it delays, will you seek to act by, for example, asking for long-term borrowing powers, access to Treasury reserves? Businesses, the self-employed, workers in the gig economy, those on zero-hours contracts - there are many people feeling vulnerable or worse, and they now need more than ever to see firm and bold steps being taken by Welsh Government.
Welsh: Yn olaf, yn ogystal â bod yn berygl i iechyd, mae hwn hefyd yn troi'n gyfnod eithriadol o bryderus yn ariannol i unigolion a busnesau. Mae un busnes bach yn fy etholaeth i eisoes wedi cyhoeddi colledion refeniw o £120,000 - busnes bach - o ganlyniad uniongyrchol i'r feirws. Mae un arall yn gweld costau a cholledion yn cynyddu i'w fusnes i'r graddau nad yw'n gallu gweld sut y gall fforddio prynu bwyd iddo'i hun am lawer yn hwy. Mae gan yr Alban linell gymorth COVID-19 wedi ei neilltuo i fusnesau. A allwn ni fel mater o frys gael un yng Nghymru? Dylem ni fod yn dilyn esiampl yr Arlywydd Macron, rwy'n credu, sydd wedi addo na fydd unrhyw fusnes yn mynd i'r wal oherwydd COVID-19. Gwn y byddwch chi'n cytuno â mi y dylai Llywodraeth y DU roi sicrwydd tebyg, ond os bydd yn oedi, a wnewch chi geisio gweithredu drwy, er enghraifft, ofyn am bwerau benthyg hirdymor, mynediad at gronfeydd wrth gefn y Trysorlys? Busnesau, pobl hunan-gyflogedig, gweithwyr yn yr economi gìg, y rhai sydd ar gontractau dim oriau - mae llawer o bobl yn teimlo'n agored i niwed neu'n waeth, ac nawr, mwy nag erioed, maen nhw angen gweld camau cadarn a beiddgar yn cael eu cymryd gan Lywodraeth Cymru.
English: First Minister, as the number of cases of coronavirus continues to increase, so too does the demand for hospital treatment, and I know the Welsh Government has agreed a framework of actions so that the health service can start accelerating its decision making. That framework will hopefully allow for services and beds to be reallocated and for staff to be redeployed and retrained in particular priority areas. At this stage, though, First Minister, can you specifically confirm the number of intensive care unit beds and high dependency beds Wales actually has in operation? Can you also tell us what immediate discussions are taking place to consider alternative options to increase bed capacity should Wales become overwhelmed with serious cases? How will the Welsh Government use any additional funding filtered down from the UK Government to help increase the number of beds available for people affected by the coronavirus?
Welsh: Prif Weinidog, wrth i nifer yr achosion o coronafeirws barhau i gynyddu, felly hefyd y mae'r galw am driniaeth mewn ysbyty, a gwn fod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cytuno ar fframwaith o gamau gweithredu fel y gall y gwasanaeth iechyd ddechrau cyflymu'r broses o wneud penderfyniadau. Bydd y fframwaith hwnnw, gobeithio, yn caniatáu i wasanaethau a gwelyau gael eu hailddyrannu ac i staff gael eu hadleoli a'u hailhyfforddi mewn meysydd blaenoriaeth penodol. Fodd bynnag, ar hyn o bryd, Prif Weinidog, a allwch chi gadarnhau'n benodol nifer y gwelyau mewn unedau gofal dwys a gwelyau dibyniaeth uchel sydd ar waith yng Nghymru mewn gwirionedd? A allwch chi ddweud wrthym ni hefyd pa drafodaethau sy'n cael eu cynnal ar unwaith i ystyried dewisiadau eraill i gynyddu nifer y gwelyau pe byddai Cymru yn cael ei llethu gan achosion difrifol? Sut y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn defnyddio unrhyw gyllid ychwanegol a gaiff ei hidlo i lawr gan Lywodraeth y DU i helpu i gynyddu nifer y gwelyau sydd ar gael i bobl sy'n cael eu heffeithio gan y coronafeirws?
English: First Minister, I've previously raised the impact that coronavirus could have on Wales's social care sector with you. As the threat of the virus increases, it's more important than ever that those providing care to people living in care homes have access to the latest guidance and advice available. You quite rightly said that Wales's social care sector is dominated by small owners of one or two residential care homes and that getting messages out to people is a bigger challenge when you have larger numbers of people involved and people who may not necessarily be as attuned to dealing with demands as large companies, who are well set up and equipped to do this. There is also the issue of those who need home carers, and the risks of virus transmission to carers and their service users. Therefore, perhaps you can tell us a bit more about the dialogue that the Government is having with the social care sector and how effective you think the Government is at getting its messages out. Could you also provide some more information about the next stage of contingency planning that the Welsh Government has done to better safeguard those living in social care settings from coronavirus, and whether there is capacity within the system for local authorities to effectively manage an outbreak of the virus at this point in time? What additional resources and assistance is the Welsh Government providing the sector so that those living in social care settings can be confident that they are as protected as possible?
Welsh: Prif Weinidog, rwyf i wedi sôn o'r blaen am yr effaith y gallai coronafeirws ei chael ar sector gofal cymdeithasol Cymru gyda chi. Wrth i fygythiad y feirws gynyddu, mae'n bwysicach nag erioed bod gan y rhai sy'n darparu gofal i bobl sy'n byw mewn cartrefi gofal fynediad at y canllawiau a'r cyngor diweddaraf sydd ar gael. Dywedasoch yn gwbl briodol bod sector gofal cymdeithasol Cymru yn llawn perchenogion bach un neu ddau o gartrefi gofal preswyl a bod cael negeseuon allan i bobl yn fwy o her pan fydd gennych chi niferoedd mwy o bobl dan sylw a phobl efallai nad ydyn nhw o reidrwydd mor effro i ymdrin â gofynion â chwmnïau mawr, sydd wedi eu trefnu'n dda ac yn barod ar gyfer gwneud hyn. Ceir y mater o'r rhai sydd angen gofalwyr cartref hefyd, a'r risgiau o drosglwyddo feirysau i ofalwyr a'u defnyddwyr gwasanaeth. Felly, a allwch chi ddweud ychydig yn rhagor wrthym ni efallai am y ddeialog y mae'r Llywodraeth yn ei chael gyda'r sector gofal cymdeithasol, a pha mor effeithiol yr ydych chi'n credu yw'r Llywodraeth o ran cyfleu ei negeseuon. A allech chi hefyd roi rhywfaint yn rhagor o wybodaeth am gam nesaf gwaith cynllunio wrth gefn y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi ei wneud i ddiogelu'r rhai sy'n byw mewn lleoliadau gofal cymdeithasol yn well rhag coronafeirws, ac a oes capasiti o fewn y system i awdurdodau lleol i reoli i achosion o'r feirws yn effeithiol ar hyn o bryd? Pa adnoddau a chymorth ychwanegol y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn eu darparu i'r sector fel y gall y rhai sy'n byw mewn lleoliadau gofal cymdeithasol fod yn ffyddiog eu bod nhw mor ddiogel â phosibl?
English: I thank Caroline Jones for those questions, and thank her too for attending the meeting we held yesterday. Llywydd, I want, I'm sure on behalf of other Members, to pass our best wishes to our colleagues in all parties who find themselves caught up by the advice provided yesterday, and who aren't able to be with us in the Chamber this afternoon. As far as testing is concerned, as I said earlier, there will be advice today that will extend testing to key workers in clinical roles. As capacity develops, the plan will be to see whether there are further groups who can be added to that testing regime, but the reason for beginning with people in key clinical roles is the point that Caroline Jones made - that we need those people to be in work doing the vital things that only they can do, and if testing accelerates their return to the workplace in that way, then that's why that regime will be put in place.
Welsh: Diolchaf i Caroline Jones am y cwestiynau yna, a diolchaf iddi hi hefyd am ddod i'r cyfarfod a gynhaliwyd gennym ni ddoe. Llywydd, hoffwn, ar ran Aelodau eraill rwy'n siŵr, ddymuno'n dda i'n cyd-Aelodau ym mhob plaid sy'n eu canfod eu hunain wedi eu dal gan y cyngor a roddwyd ddoe, ac nad ydyn nhw'n gallu bod gyda ni yn y Siambr y prynhawn yma. O ran profi, fel y dywedais yn gynharach, bydd cyngor heddiw a fydd yn ymestyn profion i weithwyr allweddol mewn swyddi clinigol. Wrth i gapasiti ddatblygu, y bwriad fydd gweld pa un a oes grwpiau eraill y gellir eu hychwanegu at y drefn brofi honno, ond y rheswm am ddechrau gyda phobl mewn swyddi clinigol allweddol yw'r pwynt a wnaeth Caroline Jones - ein bod ni angen i'r bobl hynny fod yn y gwaith yn gwneud y pethau hanfodol mai nhw yn unig sy'n gallu eu gwneud, ac os bydd profi yn cyflymu eu dychweliad i'r gweithle yn y ffordd honno, yna dyna pam y bydd y drefn honno yn cael ei rhoi ar waith.
English: Thank you, First Minister. I'd like to stay with the idea of the issue of testing, if I may. The World Health Organization has said test, test, test, and I accept the rationale for not testing every case at this stage. But do you have a strategy for ramping up testing facilities in the coming months? This is a totally new virus of which we know very little, and the more data we can collect and collate, the more equipped we are to deal with it. Unfortunately, this virus is not going away anytime soon. We are still dealing with SARS nearly 20 years after it first emerged. A vaccine for COVID-19 would be another 18 months to two years away, so in the absence of a vaccine, we need to better understand the life-cycle of this virus, and for that we need accurate data on the numbers actually infected, the numbers infected who were asymptomatic, and sadly the mortality of the disease. Our future plans depend upon accurate testing. First Minister, is your Government planning on conducting wide-scale serologic testing once we're over the peak of this outbreak, and once the test being developed by Public Health England is available? Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch, Prif Weinidog. Hoffwn barhau gyda'r syniad o'r mater o brofi, os caf i. Mae Sefydliad Iechyd y Byd wedi dweud bod angen profi, profi, profi, ac rwy'n derbyn y rhesymeg am beidio â phrofi pob achos ar hyn o bryd. Ond a oes gennych chi strategaeth ar gyfer cynyddu cyfleusterau profi yn ystod y misoedd nesaf? Mae hwn yn feirws cwbl newydd nad ydym ni'n gwybod fawr ddim amdano, a'r mwyaf o ddata y gallwn ni ei gasglu a'i grynhoi, y mwyaf parod y byddwn ni i ymdrin ag ef. Yn anffodus, nid yw'r feirws hwn yn mynd i ddiflannu'n fuan iawn o gwbl. Rydym ni'n dal i ymdrin â SARS bron 20 mlynedd ar ôl iddo ymddangos gyntaf. Byddai brechlyn ar gyfer COVID-19 yn 18 mis neu ddwy flynedd arall i ffwrdd, felly yn niffyg brechlyn, mae angen i ni ddeall cylch bywyd y feirws hwn yn well, ac ar gyfer hynny mae'n rhaid i ni gael data cywir ar y niferoedd sydd wedi eu heintio mewn gwirionedd, y niferoedd sydd wedi eu heintio nad oedd ganddyn nhw symptomau, a chyfradd marwolaethau'r clefyd yn anffodus. Mae ein cynlluniau ar gyfer y dyfodol yn dibynnu ar brofi cywir. Prif Weinidog, a yw eich Llywodraeth yn bwriadu cynnal profion serolegol ar raddfa eang ar ôl i ni fynd heibio uchafbwynt yr argyfwng hwn, a phan fydd y prawf sy'n cael ei ddatblygu gan Public Health England ar gael? Diolch.
English: Again, I thank Caroline Jones. She made a very important point, Llywydd, about the fact that our understanding of this disease is developing all the time, learning from experience in the world as well as experience domestically. And that's why I'm repeating - and I say it again this afternoon, Llywydd - that the approach we are taking as Governments across the United Kingdom is to try to make the right decision at the right time, because the timing of interventions is really important here, and strategies will alter at different times in the progress of the disease. Our strategy is the one that Caroline Jones set out at the start of her supplementary questions, which is to be guided by the advice of our chief medical officers and of the scientific group that deals with emergencies of this sort. Their current advice is the advice we are following today in Wales. If, as further information develops, as we learn more, their advice is that a different decision at a different point is necessary, of course we will follow that advice. I can't anticipate it, I don't know what that advice will be at different points, but I want people in Wales to know that what we will be doing will be to follow the best advice available to us, and then to implement it here.
Welsh: Unwaith eto, diolchaf i Caroline Jones. Gwnaeth bwynt pwysig iawn, Llywydd, ynglŷn â'r ffaith bod ein dealltwriaeth o'r clefyd hwn yn datblygu drwy'r amser, gan ddysgu o brofiad yn y byd yn ogystal â phrofiad yn ddomestig. A dyna pam yr wyf i'n ailadrodd - ac rwy'n ei ddweud eto y prynhawn yma, Llywydd - mai'r dull yr ydym ni'n ei fabwysiadu fel Llywodraethau ledled y Deyrnas Unedig yw ceisio gwneud y penderfyniad iawn ar yr adeg iawn, oherwydd mae amseriad yr ymyraethau yn bwysig iawn yma, a bydd strategaethau'n newid ar wahanol adegau yn ystod datblygiad y clefyd. Ein strategaeth yw'r un a nodwyd gan Caroline Jones ar ddechrau ei chwestiynau atodol, a fydd yn cael ei harwain gan gyngor ein prif swyddogion meddygol a'r grŵp gwyddonol sy'n ymdrin ag argyfyngau o'r math hwn. Eu cyngor presennol nhw yw'r cyngor yr ydym ni'n ei ddilyn heddiw yng Nghymru. Os, wrth i ragor o wybodaeth ddatblygu, wrth i ni ddysgu mwy, mai eu cyngor yw bod angen gwahanol benderfyniad ar adeg wahanol, byddwn ni'n dilyn y cyngor hwnnw, wrth gwrs. Allaf i ddim ei ragweld, wn i ddim beth fydd y cyngor hwnnw ar wahanol adegau, ond rwyf i eisiau i bobl Cymru wybod mai'r hyn y byddwn ni'n ei wneud fydd dilyn y cyngor gorau sydd ar gael i ni, ac yna ei roi ar waith yma.
English: I thank the Member for that question. As the global coronavirus pandemic unfolds, our priority is to keep people safe while minimising the social and economic impact of the disease, based on the scientific evidence. The health Minister has made regular written and oral statements on coronavirus, and will make a further statement to the Chamber this afternoon.
Welsh: Diolchaf i'r Aelod am y cwestiwn yna. Wrth i bandemig byd-eang y coronafeirws ddatblygu, ein blaenoriaeth ni yw cadw pobl yn ddiogel gan leihau effaith gymdeithasol ac economaidd y clefyd, yn seiliedig ar y dystiolaeth wyddonol. Mae'r Gweinidog iechyd wedi gwneud datganiadau ysgrifenedig a llafar rheolaidd ar coronafeirws, a bydd yn gwneud datganiad pellach i'r Siambr y prynhawn yma.
English: I thank the First Minister for that answer. The statement this morning from the Welsh Government was very welcome as far as business was concerned. If I were a business, First Minister, where would I go looking? Who would I speak to, in order to access the package of support that was announced this morning?
Welsh: Diolchaf i'r Prif Weinidog am yr ateb yna. Roedd y datganiad y bore yma gan Lywodraeth Cymru i'w groesawu'n fawr cyn belled ag yr oedd busnes yn y cwestiwn. Pe bawn i'n fusnes, Prif Weinidog, i ble fyddwn i'n mynd i chwilio? Gyda phwy fyddwn i'n siarad, er mwyn cael gafael ar y pecyn cymorth a gyhoeddwyd y bore yma?
English: I thank Carwyn Jones for that, because it allows me to make that very important point that we have a single point of entry for that advice here in Wales, and that is to use the Business Wales service. That's the number to use, that's the place to go. Behind that number, of course, lies a whole plethora of different advice and different measures that can be taken to help businesses here in Wales. In addition to all the meetings that my colleague Ken Skates is holding with representative bodies this week, I know that he has been working with the Development Bank of Wales to make sure that they respond flexibly to people who rely on loans and credit from them. We know that businesses in Wales will have access to the services of the British Business Bank and the new possibilities that have been outlined there by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. We are looking, Llywydd, very much to the UK Government and the statement that we are expecting later today for further support to businesses to allow them to survive through the difficult weeks and months ahead, so that they, and those people who rely on them for an income, emerge the other side of coronavirus and are able to pick up their lives again, and get on with making a success of them.
Welsh: Diolchaf i Carwyn Jones am hynna, gan ei fod yn caniatáu i mi wneud y pwynt pwysig iawn hwnnw bod gennym ni un pwynt mynediad ar gyfer y cyngor hwnnw yma yng Nghymru, sef defnyddio gwasanaeth Busnes Cymru. Dyna'r rhif i'w ddefnyddio, dyna'r lle i fynd. Y tu ôl i'r rhif hwnnw, wrth gwrs, ceir llu o wahanol gyngor a gwahanol fesurau y gellir eu cymryd i helpu busnesau yma yng Nghymru. Yn ogystal â'r holl gyfarfodydd y mae fy nghyd-Weinidog Ken Skates yn eu cynnal gyda chyrff cynrychioliadol yr wythnos hon, gwn ei fod wedi bod yn gweithio gyda Banc Datblygu Cymru i wneud yn siŵr eu bod nhw'n ymateb yn hyblyg i bobl sy'n dibynnu ar fenthyciadau a chredyd ganddyn nhw. Rydym ni'n gwybod y bydd gan fusnesau yng Nghymru fynediad at wasanaethau Banc Busnes Prydain a'r posibiliadau newydd a amlinellwyd yn hynny o beth gan Ganghellor y Trysorlys. Rydym ni'n edrych i raddau helaeth iawn, Llywydd, at Lywodraeth y DU a'r datganiad yr ydym ni'n ei ddisgwyl yn ddiweddarach heddiw am gymorth pellach i fusnesau i ganiatáu iddyn nhw oroesi drwy'r wythnosau a'r misoedd anodd sydd i ddod, fel y byddan nhw, a'r bobl hynny sy'n dibynnu arnyn nhw am incwm, yn dod allan yr ochr arall i coronafeirws ac yn gallu parhau â'u bywydau unwaith eto, a bwrw ati i wneud llwyddiant ohonyn nhw.
English: First Minister, one of the industries that is likely to be hit significantly as a result of falling visitor numbers is our tourism industry. It plays a huge role in the economy, particularly in north, mid and west Wales. And, of course, it's absolutely vital that we do what we can to protect those businesses that might be adversely affected, and indeed the many jobs in those businesses, on which so many families' livelihoods depend. Some of the businesses in the tourism industry may be slightly larger than some of the exemptions that have already been announced in the business rates regime. For example, there are unique businesses like piers, whereby the business rate support that has thus far been announced, will not be eligible for them, even though there are many smaller businesses that, perhaps, are located on those piers. I wonder whether you will be able to accommodate what are sometimes unusual arrangements within the tourism industry, given the importance of it to the Welsh economy, in order that additional support can perhaps be made available to businesses with those sorts of unusual arrangements.
Welsh: Prif Weinidog, un o'r diwydiannau sy'n debygol o gael ei daro'n sylweddol o ganlyniad i ostyngiad i nifer yr ymwelwyr yw ein diwydiant twristiaeth. Mae'n chwarae rhan enfawr yn yr economi, yn enwedig yn y gogledd, y canolbarth a'r gorllewin. Ac, wrth gwrs, mae'n gwbl hanfodol ein bod ni'n gwneud yr hyn a allwn i ddiogelu'r busnesau hynny a allai gael eu heffeithio'n andwyol, ac yn wir y swyddi niferus yn y busnesau hynny, y mae cymaint o fywoliaethau teuluoedd yn dibynnu arnyn nhw. Efallai y bydd rhai o'r busnesau yn y diwydiant twristiaeth ychydig yn fwy na rhai o'r eithriadau a gyhoeddwyd eisoes yn y drefn ardrethi busnes. Er enghraifft, ceir busnesau unigryw fel pierau, lle na fydd y cymorth ardrethi busnes a gyhoeddwyd hyd yn hyn yn gymwys iddyn nhw, er bod llawer o fusnesau llai sydd, efallai, wedi eu lleoli ar y pierau hynny. Tybed a fyddwch chi'n gallu cynnwys trefniadau sydd weithiau'n anarferol yn y diwydiant twristiaeth, o gofio ei bwysigrwydd i economi Cymru, fel y gellir darparu cymorth ychwanegol efallai i fusnesau sydd â'r mathau hynny o drefniadau anarferol.