English: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'd like to ask for two statements, please. Firstly, can I ask for an update from the Government regarding the uplift in funding for care workers, please? In December 2021, I think it was, the Government announced funding to ensure that care workers received the real living wage, which was due to be paid to the care workers from April 2022. My understanding is that the Government provided the funds for the local authorities, and in my constituency, at least, I know that Gwynedd county council in turn passed those funds on to the providers. However, there is one provider, Achieve Together, that has failed to pay its workers that uplift for the period between April to October 2022. This is money that is rightly the wages of its workforce. The company say that they can't pay out because not all authorities have passported the funds on, but it's not theirs to keep, so it begs the question what have they done with that money and when can their workers expect to see this pay that is rightfully theirs. I'd like the Deputy Minister to look into this and bring forward a statement if possible. Finally and briefly, I've previously raised the issue of the T19 bus service from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Llandudno, which is due to stop at the end of this week. Neither I nor the residents of Blaenau Ffestiniog have received an update, nor heard anything, since I raised this. Can the Deputy Minister please give an urgent update on what plans are in place for that route so that my constituents can continue to attend school, get to work or get to their appointments on time? Diolch.
Welsh: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Hoffwn ofyn am ddau ddatganiad, os gwelwch yn dda. Yn gyntaf, a gaf i ofyn am ddiweddariad gan y Llywodraeth ynglŷn â'r cynnydd mewn cyllid i weithwyr gofal, os gwelwch yn dda? Ym mis Rhagfyr 2021, rwy'n credu, cyhoeddodd y Llywodraeth gyllid i sicrhau bod gweithwyr gofal yn derbyn y cyflog byw gwirioneddol, oedd fod i gael ei dalu i'r gweithwyr gofal o fis Ebrill 2022. Fy nealltwriaeth i yw bod y Llywodraeth wedi darparu'r arian i'r awdurdodau lleol, ac yn fy etholaeth i, o leiaf, gwn fod Cyngor Sir Gwynedd yn ei dro yn trosglwyddo'r arian hynny i'r darparwyr. Fodd bynnag, mae un darparwr, Achieve Together, sydd wedi methu â thalu ei weithwyr y cynnydd am y cyfnod rhwng Ebrill a Hydref 2022. Cyflogau teilwng ei weithlu yw'r arian hwn. Mae'r cwmni'n dweud nad ydyn nhw'n gallu ei dalu oherwydd nad yw pob awdurdod wedi pasbortio'r arian ymlaen, ond nid eu harian nhw ydyw i'w gadw, felly mae'n peri i rywun ofyn beth maen nhw wedi'i wneud gyda'r arian hwnnw a phryd y gall eu gweithwyr ddisgwyl gweld y cyflog hwn sy'n eiddo iddyn nhw yn briodol. Hoffwn i'r Dirprwy Weinidog edrych ar hyn a chyflwyno datganiad os yn bosib. Ac yn olaf ac yn gryno, rwyf eisoes wedi codi mater gwasanaeth bws T19 o Flaenau Ffestiniog i Landudno, sydd ar fin dod i ben ddiwedd yr wythnos hon. Nid wyf i na thrigolion Blaenau Ffestiniog wedi cael diweddariad, na chlywed dim, ers i mi godi hwn. A all y Dirprwy Weinidog roi diweddariad brys ar ba gynlluniau sydd ar waith ar gyfer y llwybr hwnnw er mwyn i fy etholwyr allu parhau i fynychu'r ysgol, mynd i'r gwaith neu gyrraedd eu hapwyntiadau mewn pryd? Diolch.