English: I call for an urgent Welsh Government statement on support for outdoor education providers in Wales. A sector representative e-mailed me yesterday stating, quote, 'I wanted to make you aware of this issue that is affecting rural Wales and, indeed, north Wales most severely. I ask that you take the matter forward to the Welsh Government. The situation has reached a critical point and, quite frankly, the way this sector is being treated by the Welsh Government is nothing less than shambolic. I'm appalled that most recently an open letter sent to both economy Minister Ken Skates and First Minister Mark Drakeford, signed by 49 companies and organisations across Wales, was only seen fit to receive a cut-and-paste stock response with the reply that Ministers were too busy to respond in person.' 'The way that this sector is being treated', they said, 'is awful, and the Welsh Government's attention to rural Wales is again very poor.' 'Furthermore', they said, 'I've become increasingly concerned for the mental health of those working within this sector, which has not been able to trade for a full 12 months and seemingly has no way of making their voice heard to the Welsh Government. It does also beg the question of why run a business in Wales at all.' As the open letter referred to states, 'On 16 March 2020, residential education centres closed their doors to children and young people on school trips from across the UK. Unlike many sectors of the economy, Welsh Government regulations have prevented us from reopening at any stage since.' And as the open letter concluded, 'Will the Welsh Government recognise the essential role the sector will play as a part of the post-COVID recovery solution, or will it allow the decline of quality educational provision for this and future generations?' The sector desperately needs both targeted financial support and constructive dialogue with Welsh Government to enable it to survive the coming months and years. I call for a statement accordingly.
Welsh: Rwy'n galw am ddatganiad brys gan Lywodraeth Cymru ar gymorth i ddarparwyr addysg awyr agored yng Nghymru. Anfonodd cynrychiolydd o'r sector e-bost ataf i ddoe yn dweud, ac rwy'n dyfynnu, 'Roeddwn i eisiau eich gwneud chi'n ymwybodol o'r mater hwn sy'n effeithio ar y Gymru wledig ac, yn wir, y gogledd yn ddifrifol iawn. Rwy'n gofyn ichi fynd â'r mater i Lywodraeth Cymru. Mae'r sefyllfa wedi cyrraedd pwynt tyngedfennol ac, a dweud y gwir, mae'r ffordd y mae'r sector hwn yn cael ei drin gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn anhrefnus iawn. Pan gafodd llythyr agored, wedi'i lofnodi gan 49 o gwmnïau a sefydliadau ledled Cymru, ei anfon at Weinidog yr Economi Ken Skates a'r Prif Weinidog Mark Drakeford, roeddwn i'n gandryll pan gafwyd ateb cyffredinol torri a gludo yn ôl yn dweud bod y Gweinidogion yn rhy brysur i ymateb yn bersonol.' Mae'n mynd ymlaen i ddweud: 'Mae'r ffordd y mae'r sector hwn yn cael ei drin yn ofnadwy, ac mae sylw Llywodraeth Cymru i Gymru Gefn gwlad unwaith eto'n wael iawn.' 'At hynny', meddai, 'Rwy'n pryderu'n fwyfwy am iechyd meddwl y rhai sy'n gweithio yn y sector hwn, nad ydynt wedi gallu masnachu am 12 mis llawn ac mae'n ymddangos nad oes ganddyn nhw unrhyw ffordd o leisio eu barn i Lywodraeth Cymru. Mae hefyd yn codi'r cwestiwn pam y dylid rhedeg busnes yng Nghymru o gwbl.' Ac mae'r llythyr agored y cyfeirir ato yn datgan: 'Ar 16 Mawrth 2020, caeodd canolfannau addysg preswyl eu drysau i blant a phobl ifanc ar deithiau ysgol o bob rhan o'r DU. Yn wahanol i lawer o sectorau'r economi, mae rheoliadau Llywodraeth Cymru wedi ein hatal ni rhag ailagor ar unrhyw adeg ers hynny.' Ac fel y mae'r llythyr agored yn dod i'r casgliad, 'A wnaiff Llywodraeth Cymru gydnabod y rhan hanfodol y bydd y sector yn ei chwarae fel rhan o'r ateb adfer ar ôl COVID, neu a fydd yn caniatáu dirywiad yn y ddarpariaeth addysgol o safon ar gyfer y genhedlaeth hon a chenedlaethau'r dyfodol?' Mae taer angen am gymorth ariannol wedi'i dargedu a deialog adeiladol â Llywodraeth Cymru ar y sector i'w alluogi i oroesi'r misoedd a'r blynyddoedd nesaf. Rwy'n galw am ddatganiad yn unol â hynny.