English: I call for a Welsh Government statement on the issue of electrical safety and older people in Wales. At an Assembly event last November, over six months ago, the only charity dedicated to reducing and preventing damage, injuries and deaths caused by electricity, Electrical Safety First, launched their report, 'How can we keep older people in Wales safe?' With more than half of accidental house fires in Wales caused by electricity, their report found that older people are significantly more at risk than other age groups when it comes to electrical fires in the home. Older people represent over a third of electrical fire casualties, with people aged over 80 at least four times more likely than other age groups to have been a casualty in these fires. The number of people aged 80 or over is expected to double by 2035, with an estimated 50,000 people aged over 65 living with dementia. The majority of older people in Wales - about 80 per cent - own their own homes, most of which will be older housing stock that has never had an electrical safety fire check. Based on the research, the report makes a number of recommendations, the first of which is a call on the Welsh Government for a scheme delivering free five-yearly annual home electrical safety checks for people aged over 80, regardless of property tenure. However, they said that since they launched their report they have not seen any further progress made by the Welsh Government in addressing the issue and ensuring that it's a priority to reduce the number of older people affected by fires caused by electricity in Wales. Given their evidence-based concern, I hope that you will agree that a statement from the Welsh Government should be forthcoming.
Welsh: Galwaf am ddatganiad gan Lywodraeth Cymru ar y mater o ddiogelwch trydanol a phobl hŷn yng Nghymru. Mewn digwyddiad Cynulliad fis Tachwedd diwethaf, dros chwe mis yn ôl, lansiodd yr unig elusen sy'n ymdrin â lleihau ac atal niwed, anafiadau a marwolaethau yn sgil trydan, Electrical Safety First, eu hadroddiad, 'Sut gallwn ni gadw pobl hŷn yng Nghymru yn ddiogel?' Mae mwy na hanner y tanau damweiniol yng Nghymru wedi'u hachosi gan drydan, a chanfu'r adroddiad fod pobl hŷn yn sylweddol fwy tebygol na grwpiau oedran eraill o ddioddef tân trydan yn y cartref. Mae pobl hŷn yn cyfrif am dros draean o'r anafiadau yn sgil tân trydan, ac mae pobl dros 80 oed o leiaf pedair gwaith yn fwy tebygol na'r grwpiau oedran eraill o gael eu hanafu yn y tanau hyn. Disgwylir i nifer y bobl 80 oed neu hŷn ddyblu erbyn 2035, gyda rhyw 50,000 o bobl dros 65 oed yn byw â dementia. Mae mwyafrif y bobl hŷn yng Nghymru - rhyw 80 y cant - yn berchen ar eu cartrefi eu hunain, a'r rhan fwyaf o'r rhain yn stoc tai hŷn nad ydyn nhw erioed wedi cael archwiliad tân diogelwch trydanol. Ar sail yr ymchwil, mae'r adroddiad yn gwneud nifer o argymhellion, ac mae'r cyntaf yn galw ar Lywodraeth Cymru am gynllun sy'n cyflawni archwiliadau diogelwch trydanol yn y cartref am ddim bob pum mlynedd i bobl dros 80 oed, ni waeth pa ddeiliadaeth eiddo sydd ganddynt. Fodd bynnag, fe wnaethon nhw ddweud ers lansio eu hadroddiad nad ydynt wedi gweld unrhyw gynnydd arall gan Lywodraeth Cymru i roi sylw i'r mater a sicrhau ei fod yn flaenoriaeth i leihau nifer y bobl hŷn y mae tanau trydanol yn effeithio arnynt yng Nghymru. O ystyried eu pryder sy'n seiliedig ar dystiolaeth, rwy'n gobeithio y byddwch yn cytuno y dylai Llywodraeth Cymru gyflwyno datganiad.