English: I would like to request a debate on dentistry. There are a number of levels of our dental service that needs discussion and I think a debate would be a means of airing those. First of all, there are serious concerns about the UDA agreement - the units of dental activity - where I'm convinced there is a disincentive for dentists to deal with multiple problems, including problems suffered by children who can't access treatment. Secondly, we need to have a debate on the availability of NHS dental care. A surgery in my constituency, Bridge Street Dental Practice in Menai Bridge, announced recently the intention to close - it was a problem in getting hold of staff that was the cause of that. I wrote to Betsi Cadwaladr to ask what the patients are now supposed to do. The response I received was, 'Tell them to phone around looking for a dental surgery that provides NHS services.' I know that the opportunities for people to access NHS services are few and far between, and, on a recent list, Holyhead in my constituency was the place where people had to travel furthest to access dental services - 59 miles there and back to the nearest surgery. And thirdly, as I said, a failure to recruit new dentists was the problem in terms of Bridge Street Dental in Menai Bridge. Just as we succeeded with our campaign to provide medical training in Bangor, I think that this debate would also be a means of discussing the need for dental training too, to be developed on the back of the medical training that is due to commence there soon.
Welsh: Mi hoffwn i wneud cais am ddadl ar ddeintyddiaeth. Mae yna sawl haen o'n gwasanaeth deintyddol ni sydd angen trafodaeth a dwi'n meddwl y byddai dadl yn fodd o wyntyllu hynny. Yn gyntaf, mae pryderon difrifol ynglŷn â'r system cytundeb UDA - units of dental activity - lle mae yna, dwi'n argyhoeddedig, disincentive, os liciwch chi, i ddeintyddion ddelio â phroblemau lluosog, yn cynnwys yng nghegau plant sydd, dwi'n gwybod, yn methu â chael triniaeth. Yn ail, mae angen inni gael trafodaeth ynglŷn â'r ddarpariaeth, yr argaeledd, sydd yna o ofal ar y gwasanaeth iechyd. Mi wnaeth syrjeri yn fy etholaeth i, Bridge Street Dental Practice ym Mhorthaethwy, gyhoeddi yn ddiweddar y bwriad i gau - problem cael gafael ar staff a oedd wrth wraidd hynny. Mi ysgrifennais i at fwrdd iechyd Betsi Cadwaladr yn gofyn beth mae'r cleifion fod i'w wneud. Yr ateb ges i oedd, 'Dywedwch wrthyn nhw ffonio o gwmpas i chwilio am ddeintyddfa sydd yn cynnig gwasanaeth NHS'. Dwi'n gwybod mai prin iawn ydy'r cyfleon i bobl gael mynediad at wasanaeth NHS, ac yn wir, ar restr ddiweddar, Caergybi, yn fy etholaeth i, oedd y lle lle oedd disgwyl i bobl deithio bellaf i gael gwasanaeth deintyddol - 59 milltir, yn ôl a blaen, i'r ddeintyddfa agosaf, mae'n debyg. Ac yn drydydd, fel y dywedais i, methiant i recriwtio deintyddion newydd oedd y broblem wrth wraidd penderfyniad Bridge Street Dental ym Mhorthaethwy. Fel ag y gwnaethom ni lwyddo efo'n hymgyrch i gael hyfforddiant meddygol ym Mangor, dwi'n meddwl y byddai'r ddadl hon hefyd yn fodd o wyntyllu'r angen am hyfforddiant deintyddol hefyd i ddatblygu oddi ar gefn yr hyfforddiant meddygol sydd yn dechrau yno'n fuan.