English: May I also thank Laura Williams for bringing this petition forward and for managing to gather so many signatures? It's proof that this is an area where people want to see greater action from Government. I think we are in a far better position these days in terms of our willingness to discuss mental health issues. A lot of stigma is being tackled slowly, but there's a long way to go too, and we still can't say hand on heart that mental health is treated with real parity with physical health, and what we have here is a demand for two things that would help us to move towards that equality - greater funding for mental health services and a reduction in waiting times for those facing mental health crisis. And whilst I support that, certainly, and do want to deliver that under a Plaid Cymru Government, I also want to emphasise the importance of the preventative agenda. As with physical health, early intervention, or even trying to prevent minor problems from becoming more serious, is just as relevant with mental health issues, and that's why I've outlined plans to establish a number of well-being centres for young people across Wales - centres at the heart of our communities on the high street where young people can call in if they are facing emotional or mental health problems, young people who do not have a problem that's been diagnosed as requiring specialist health or psychiatric care, but do need immediate support. We need to be proactive in the way that we respond to mental health problems. We can look back to the beginning of the pandemic, when Betsi Cadwaladr health board told almost 1,700 patients that they were to be taken off waiting lists for an appointment with mental health services, and that they would have to make a request to see someone again, because the pandemic had had an impact on services. Of course, there was an apology for that. It shouldn't have happened. It was somebody somewhere who had misunderstood direction from Government. But the fact that someone somewhere had thought for just one second that it would be acceptable to do that does tell us a great deal about the work that remains to be done. What we saw there was the exact opposite, if there is such a thing, of being proactive and providing early support. Another example: I remember the last Labour First Minister saying that the reason that waiting lists for CAMHS services were so long was because so many children and young people on those waiting lists didn't truly need to be there. Well, what happens, then, is that the criteria in terms of who should be supported is tightened up in order to reduce the waiting lists, rather than thinking of ways of providing improved treatment to more children and young people. So, thank you once again for bringing this petition before us. I hope to have an opportunity in Government, as a Plaid Cymru Minister, to strengthen the provision available in years to come.
Welsh: Gaf innau ddiolch i Laura Williams am gyflwyno y ddeiseb yma a llwyddo i gasglu cymaint o enwau arno fo, sef pam ein bod ni yn trafod hwn heddiw? Mae'n brawf bod hwn yn faes lle mae pobl eisiau gweld mwy o weithredu arno fo gan Lywodraeth. Mi ydym ni, dwi'n meddwl, mewn lle llawer gwell y dyddiau yma o ran ein parodrwydd ni i siarad am iechyd meddwl. Mae yna lot o'r hen stigma yn cael ei daclo yn araf bach, ond mae yna lot o ffordd i fynd hefyd, a dydyn ni yn dal ddim yn gallu dweud efo'n llaw ar ein calonnau bod iechyd meddwl yn cael ei drin yn hollol gyfartal efo iechyd corfforol go iawn, a beth sydd gennym ni yn fan hyn ydy galwad am ddau beth fyddai yn ein helpu ni i symud tuag at y cyfartaledd yna, sef rhagor o gyllid i wasanaethau iechyd meddwl a sicrhau llai o amser aros i bobl sydd yn wynebu argyfwng iechyd meddwl. Ond tra dwi'n cefnogi hynny, yn sicr, ac eisiau delifro hynny o dan Lywodraeth Plaid Cymru, dwi hefyd eisiau pwysleisio pwysigrwydd yr ataliol hefyd. Fel efo iechyd corfforol, mae ymateb yn fuan, neu hyd yn oed trio atal y problemau bach rhag troi yn rhai mwy difrifol, yr un mor berthnasol efo iechyd meddwl. Dyna pam dwi wedi amlinellu cynlluniau i sefydlu rhwydwaith o ganolfannau llesiant i bobl ifanc ar draws Cymru - canolfannau wrth galon ein cymunedau ni ar y stryd fawr lle mae pobl ifanc yn gallu galw i mewn iddyn nhw os ydyn nhw'n wynebu problemau emosiynol neu broblemau iechyd meddwl, pobl ifanc sydd ddim â phroblem sydd wedi cael ei hadnabod fel un digon difrifol i fod eisiau cyfeiriad at ofal iechyd neu gefnogaeth seiciatrig arbenigol, ond sydd angen cefnogaeth yn syth. Mae eisiau bod yn rhagweithiol yn y ffordd rydym ni'n ymateb i broblemau iechyd meddwl. Rydym ni'n cofio'n ôl i ddechrau y pandemig, pan wnaeth bwrdd iechyd Betsi Cadwaladr ddweud wrth bron i 1,700 o gleifion eu bod nhw'n cael eu tynnu oddi ar y rhestr aros am apwyntiad efo timau iechyd meddwl a bod yn rhaid iddyn nhw wneud cais eto i gael gweld rhywun, a hynny am fod y pandemig wedi dod ag amharu ar wasanaethau. Wrth gwrs, mi gafwyd ymddiheuriad. Doedd hynny ddim i fod wedi digwydd - rhywun yn rhywle oedd wedi camddeall cyfarwyddyd gan y Llywodraeth. Ond mae'r ffaith bod rhywun yn rhywle wedi meddwl am eiliad y byddai hi'n dderbyniol gwneud hynny yn dweud lot am y gwaith sydd ar ôl i'w wneud, dwi'n meddwl. Mi oedd beth welsom ni yn fanna yn gwbl groes, os oes yna ffasiwn beth, i fod yn rhagweithiol a trio cynnig cefnogaeth gynnar. Enghraifft arall: dwi'n cofio'r Prif Weinidog Llafur diwethaf yn dweud mai'r rheswm bod rhestrau aros am wasanaethau CAMHS mor hir oedd bod lot o blant a phobl ifanc ar y rhestrau aros oedd ddim angen bod yno mewn difrif. Wel, beth sy'n digwydd mewn sefyllfa fel yna ydy bod y criteria wedyn ar gyfer pwy ddylai gael cefnogaeth yn cael eu tynhau er mwyn trio gwneud y rhestrau aros yn llai, yn hytrach na meddwl am ffyrdd o roi gwell triniaeth i fwy o blant a phobl ifanc. Felly, diolch eto am ddod â'r ddeiseb yma o'n blaenau ni. Dwi'n gobeithio cael cyfle mewn Llywodraeth, fel Gweinidog Plaid Cymru, i gryfhau'r ddarpariaeth sydd ar gael mewn blynyddoedd i ddod.