English: Well, yes, I understand the point that you make. Clearly, there was a very high level of awareness, in terms of the opportunity to vote for the first time in Scotland. I think, from the discussion emerging from the recommendation made by the Laura McAllister panel, where that particular panel mentioned that introducing the change to the franchise in the Assembly election first, rather than in a local government election, was also a means of ensuring that the election that generates most attention nationally and has a higher status, possibly - I think 'higher salience' was the term used in the expert panel report - was a means of ensuring that the awareness level would be higher than it would be if it was first introduced for local government elections. In terms of the work on costings, in terms of how much should be spent and what work needs to be done in developing the awareness of young people, first of the canvass and then of the opportunity to vote, there's been a great deal of work between Welsh Government, the Electoral Commission and ourselves that's gone into working out how this can start, but we are only making a start on this. You will be aware of the £150,000 that the Commission has allocated for this work. You may also be aware that the Welsh Government has now said that they will allocate something between £895,000 and £945,000 to the work of promoting changes to the franchise, not just for those at 16 and 17 for the Assembly elections but also for local government elections. In our discussions with the Welsh Government, they have also referred specifically to how they will spend or allocate that funding - £80,000 towards the initial work of researching the kinds of communication campaigns that should be undertaken, and then £215,000 to £265,000 on the campaign to register and to encourage young people to vote, and then the greatest sum, £600,000, going towards the production of resources for schools. So, we will then establish a work stream between the Commission, the Electoral Commission and the Welsh Government, in terms of how those various aspects and budgets allocated by the different bodies can come together and can be planned in a way that ensures that there's no duplication, that everyone is aware and is agreed on what elements of the work the expenditure will be spent on by the various bodies involved.
Welsh: Wel, ie, dwi'n deall y pwynt dŷch chi'n ei wneud. Yn amlwg, fe oedd yna ymwybyddiaeth uchel iawn o'r cyfle i bleidleisio am y tro cyntaf. Dwi'n meddwl o'r drafodaeth sydd wedi bod yn deillio allan o argymhelliad panel Laura McAllister, lle wnaeth y panel yna sôn bod cyflwyno'r newid yn yr etholfraint mewn etholiad Cynulliad yn gyntaf yn hytrach na mewn etholiad llywodraeth leol hefyd yn ffordd o sicrhau bod yr etholiad sydd â'r fwyaf o sylw cenedlaethol, a mwy o statws cenedlaethol, o bosib - ' higher salience', dwi'n meddwl oedd y term a ddefnyddiwyd yn yr adroddiad hwnnw - yn ffordd o sicrhau bod yr ymwybyddiaeth yna'n uwch nag os byddai hyn yn cael ei gyflwyno gyntaf ar gyfer llywodraeth leol. O ran y gwaith ar gostio faint o arian dylid ei wario a beth yw'r gwaith o ddatblygu'r ymwybyddiaeth i bobl ifanc o'r ganfas yn gyntaf ac wedyn o'r pleidleisio, yna mae tipyn o waith rhwng Llywodraeth Cymru, y Comisiwn Etholiadol a ni wedi mynd mewn i weithio allan sut gall hyn gychwyn, ond cychwyn rŷn ni'n ei wneud ar y maes yma. Fe fyddwch chi'n ymwybodol o'r £150,000 y mae'r Comisiwn wedi'i roi tuag at y gwaith yma. Fe ydych chi hefyd, o bosibl, yn ymwybodol bod Llywodraeth Cymru nawr wedi dweud y byddan nhw'n clustnodi rhywle rhwng £895,000 a £945,000 dros gyfnod o dair blynedd i'r gwaith o hyrwyddo newidiadau i'r etholfraint, nid dim ond yn 16 ac 17 ar gyfer y Cynulliad ond hefyd ar gyfer llywodraeth leol. Wrth gwrs, yn ein trafodaethau â Llywodraeth Cymru, maen nhw hefyd wedi cyfeirio'n benodol at sut byddan nhw'n gwario'r arian yna neu'n clustnodi'r arian yna - £80,000 tuag at y gwaith cychwynnol o ymchwilio ar ba fath o ymgyrchoedd cyfathrebu y dylid bod yn ymgymryd â nhw, ac wedyn £215,000 i £265,000 ar yr ymgyrch i gofrestru ac i hyrwyddo pobl ifanc i bleidleisio, ac wedyn y darn mwyaf o'r arian, £600,000 o'r cyfanswm yna, yn mynd tuag at adnoddau ar gyfer ysgolion. Felly, fe fyddwn ni wedyn yn sefydlu ffrwd o waith rhwng y Comisiwn, y Comisiwn Etholiadol a Llywodraeth Cymru ar sut mae'r gwahanol agweddau a'r cyllidebau sydd wedi cael eu gosod gan y gwahanol gyrff yn plethu at ei gilydd ac yn cael eu cynllunio mewn ffordd fel nad oes yna ddim dyblygu, a bod pawb yn ymwybodol o, ac yn cytuno ar, ba elfennau o'r gwaith bydd y gwahanol wariant yn mynd arno o'r cyrff gwahanol.