English: Can I thank James for bringing this debate forward? Diolch yn fawr iawn, James. I'm very grateful to you. I speak as a former child protection social worker who worked for around 25 years with children and young people. Part of the battle for me was actually getting those children and their families into CAMHS services. I just want to recognise a few things in Wales that I think have gone well. I'm really pleased to see the whole-school approach to mental health continue to be rolled out, because a focus on prevention and trauma-informed school environments are incredibly important in nurturing positive mental health among children and young people. But we are in a really difficult place. I'm going to listen to the rest of the debate to decide how I vote this evening, because it really does concern me that there are two major issues. One is the CAMHS waiting time. It is far too long, and I'm looking forward to hearing from the Minister what the figures are around the waiting times, because I'm a little bit unclear what they are. And we heard some from Laura Anne Jones in the debate, but I read some different figures this morning, so I would ask the Minister just to clarify what the waiting times are for four weeks or more. My own view is that we need a panoply of services. I'm not sure it needs a whole new service. We've got some really good services. The crisis resolution and home treatment service provide a rapid, community-based service 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, but it's only for young people over the age of 18. We're talking here about getting to those situations long before. I think there are two important issues. One is, as I've said, that waiting list. In my experience as a child protection social worker, it is far too long. If you can get in early, you can prevent those children and young people and their families struggling with those mental health issues, and potentially becoming looked-after children, which is a terrible state, to think that's what happens to many children and young people. Secondly, I would like to pay tribute to the voluntary and third sector services across Wales. There are some amazing ones, and in my experience, young people actually prefer to go to those volunteer services much more than they do to statutory services. They feel much safer going to a service that doesn't have 'NHS' over it. We actually need to work much closer with those volunteer services. There are many, like Youth Shedz in Blaenau Ffestiniog, which I visited last summer, Brecon Mind, the Amethyst project in Aberteifi, and the Sanctuary in Pembrokeshire. My view is that the Welsh Government needs to look at these services, and map them out for us to see how we can create further capacity for them to meet the needs of children and young people who are experiencing mental health difficulties, and to give them sustainable long-term funding and to see whether they can provide the 24/7 approach, which I believe is absolutely invaluable. I'm going to end with a quote I heard from a young person: 'It's always the ones who are making others laugh and smile who are struggling the most.' We have to take that into account, and we have to see that young people are really suffering in silence. We need to reach in there and help them. I believe that is through a form of 24-hour, seven-days-a-week service that really helps those children and families at the time that they need it, before it's too late. Thank you. Diolch yn fawr iawn.
Welsh: A gaf fi ddiolch i James am gyflwyno'r ddadl hon? Diolch yn fawr iawn, James. Rwy'n ddiolchgar iawn i chi. Rwy'n siarad fel cyn-weithiwr cymdeithasol amddiffyn plant a fu'n gweithio am oddeutu 25 mlynedd gyda phlant a phobl ifanc. Rhan o'r frwydr i mi oedd cael y plant hynny a'u teuluoedd i mewn i wasanaethau CAMHS. Rwyf am gydnabod ychydig o bethau yng Nghymru y credaf eu bod wedi mynd yn dda. Rwy'n falch iawn o weld bod y dull ysgol gyfan o ymdrin ag iechyd meddwl yn parhau i gael ei gyflwyno, oherwydd mae canolbwyntio ar atal ac amgylcheddau ysgol sy'n defnyddio dull wedi'i lywio gan drawma yn hynod bwysig i feithrin iechyd meddwl cadarnhaol ymhlith plant a phobl ifanc. Ond rydym mewn lle anodd iawn. Rwy'n mynd i wrando ar weddill y ddadl i benderfynu sut y byddaf yn pleidleisio heno, oherwydd mae'n peri pryder gwirioneddol imi fod dau fater pwysig yma. Un ohonynt yw'r amser aros am CAMHS. Mae'n rhy hir o lawer, ac rwy'n edrych ymlaen at glywed gan y Gweinidog beth yw'r ffigurau gyda'r amseroedd aros, oherwydd nid wyf yn hollol glir beth ydynt. A chlywsom rai gan Laura Anne Jones yn y ddadl, ond darllenais ffigurau gwahanol y bore yma, felly hoffwn ofyn i'r Gweinidog egluro beth yw'r amseroedd aros am bedair wythnos neu fwy. Fy marn i yw bod arnom angen amrywiaeth eang o wasanaethau. Nid wyf yn siŵr fod angen gwasanaeth newydd drwyddo draw. Mae gennym wasanaethau da iawn. Mae'r gwasanaeth datrys argyfwng a thriniaeth yn y cartref yn darparu gwasanaeth cyflym yn y gymuned 24 awr y dydd, saith diwrnod yr wythnos, 365 diwrnod y flwyddyn, ond dim ond ar gyfer pobl ifanc dros 18 oed. Rydym yn sôn yma am gyrraedd y sefyllfaoedd hyn ymhell cyn hynny. Credaf fod dau fater pwysig yn codi. Un ohonynt, fel y dywedais, yw'r rhestr aros. Yn fy mhrofiad i fel gweithiwr cymdeithasol amddiffyn plant, mae'n llawer rhy hir. Os gallwch ddod i mewn yn gynnar, gallwch atal y plant a'r bobl ifanc hynny a'u teuluoedd rhag cael trafferth gyda phroblemau iechyd meddwl a dod yn blant sy'n derbyn gofal, o bosibl, sy'n sefyllfa ofnadwy, i feddwl mai dyna sy'n digwydd i lawer o blant a phobl ifanc. Yn ail, hoffwn dalu teyrnged i'r gwasanaethau gwirfoddol a'r trydydd sector ledled Cymru. Mae yna rai anhygoel, ac yn fy mhrofiad i, mae'n llawer gwell gan bobl ifanc fynd at y gwasanaethau gwirfoddol hynny nag at wasanaethau statudol. Maent yn teimlo'n llawer mwy diogel yn troi at wasanaeth nad oes ganddo 'GIG' uwch ei ben. Mewn gwirionedd, mae angen inni weithio'n llawer agosach gyda'r gwasanaethau gwirfoddol. Ceir llawer ohonynt, fel Youth Shedz ym Mlaenau Ffestiniog, yr ymwelais â hwy yr haf diwethaf, Mind Aberhonddu, prosiect Amethyst yn Aberteifi, a Noddfa yn sir Benfro. Yn fy marn i, mae angen i Lywodraeth Cymru edrych ar y gwasanaethau hyn, a'u mapio er mwyn inni weld sut y gallwn greu capasiti pellach iddynt allu diwallu anghenion plant a phobl ifanc sy'n profi anawsterau iechyd meddwl, a rhoi cyllid hirdymor cynaliadwy iddynt ac i weld a allant ddarparu'r dull 24/7, sydd, yn fy marn i, yn gwbl amhrisiadwy. Rwy'n mynd i orffen gyda dyfyniad a glywais gan unigolyn ifanc: 'Y rhai sy'n gwneud i eraill chwerthin a gwenu sy'n ei chael hi'n fwyaf anodd.' Rhaid inni ystyried hynny, a rhaid inni weld bod pobl ifanc yn dioddef yn dawel. Mae angen inni eu cyrraedd a'u helpu. Rwy'n credu mai drwy fath o wasanaeth 24 awr, saith diwrnod yr wythnos y mae gwneud hynny, i roi cymorth i blant a theuluoedd ar yr adeg y maent ei angen, cyn ei bod yn rhy hwyr. Diolch yn fawr iawn.