English: I'm sure we're as one in our hope that this will be a budget for recovery rather than a reactive budget, and I'd like to echo Llyr Gruffydd's points: this needs to be a radical budget if we are to address the challenges faced by our communities. It will be crucial, therefore, that the central role played by our cultural, arts, creative and heritage sectors is recognised in it. After all, these sectors are so central to our economy and our identity as a nation, as well as the well-being of each and every one of us. They are also an integral part of our lives, as has become even more apparent over the past 12 months, as many of us have found comfort in being creative and having a number of new hobbies, and so on. But although these sectors have been innovative in terms of their response to the pandemic, they have also been impacted greatly, with great uncertainty facing many of those working in these areas, as freelance workers or as staff members. It's not overstatement to say that, despite the cultural recovery fund, the future of Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, National Theatre Wales, the National Library of Wales, National Museum Wales, Literature Wales, National Dance Company Wales, the Books Council of Wales, the Wales Millennium Centre, Welsh National Opera, Ffilm Cymru, the National Eisteddfod of Wales, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and Urdd Gobaith Cymru are all under threat. Now, the Welsh Government must safeguard their valuable contribution, their independence and their financial viability. But let nobody think that this is simply the fault of the pandemic in terms of how vulnerable the cultural organisations of Wales are. The truth is that they have suffered a lack of investment and strategic direction for over a decade - indeed, since the days of the One Wales Government, with Alun Ffred Jones as Minister for culture and sport. It's only a few months since this Senedd discussed the need for fair, consistent funding for our national institutions, such as National Museum Wales and the national library. Thank goodness, after a public debate that went on for many months between the library and the Government, emergency funding was provided to these organisations a few months ago. But that just filled the gap rather than providing long-term support and assurances. It is scandalous that we don't have a cultural strategy with the funding to support it, and I welcome the commitment of the Deputy Minister, Dawn Bowden, to take this work forward. It is needed as a matter of urgency, and the content needs to be radical and ambitious, with the funding to deliver. One possible example that could be considered is the idea of a basic income for creative individuals, something that the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales spoke in favour of, noting too that the Welsh Government is missing opportunities in terms of culture in the post-pandemic planning. Culture is not something at the margins, and it shouldn't be treated as such by our Government. As What Next? Cymru noted in its manifesto prior to the election, we must strengthen 'the cultural dimension throughout Welsh Government as this will fulfil more effectively and efficiently the government's own societal and economic ambitions'. They also ask the Government to ensure 'that all departments of government support, fund and advocate a strong cultural component to their work.' 'Culture is ordinary', the famous words of Raymond Williams. But if we are serious about ensuring access and representation for everyone in Wales in terms of culture, then we must fund that. I very much hope that we will see this budget doing exactly that by putting right the historic underfunding and supporting these sectors to deliver their potential for the benefit of the people of Wales, the Welsh economy and also Wales's status as a confident, international, multicultural nation.
Welsh: Dwi'n siŵr ein bod yn gytûn yn y gobaith mai cyllideb adferol yn hytrach nag adweithiol fydd hon, a hoffwn ategu pwyntiau Llyr Gruffydd: mae angen i hon fod yn gyllideb radical os ydym am fynd i'r afael â'r heriau y mae ein cymunedau yn eu hwynebu. Bydd yn hanfodol felly fod rôl ganolog ein sectorau diwylliannol, celfyddydol, creadigol a threftadaeth yn cael ei chydnabod ynddi. Wedi'r cyfan mae'r sectorau hyn mor ganolog i'n heconomi a'n hunaniaeth fel cenedl, yn ogystal â lles personol pawb ohonom. Maent hefyd yn rhan annatod o'n bywydau, fel sydd wedi dod hyd yn oed yn fwy amlwg dros y flwyddyn ddiwethaf, wrth i nifer ohonom ganfod cysur drwy fod yn greadigol, â nifer o hobïau newydd, ac ati. Ond er bod y sectorau hyn wedi bod yn flaengar ac yn arbrofol o ran eu hymateb i'r pandemig, maen nhw hefyd wedi cael eu heffeithio'n ddybryd, gydag ansicrwydd mawr yn wynebu nifer o bobl sydd yn gweithio yn y meysydd hyn, yn llawrydd neu fel aelodau o staff. Nid gor-ddweud yw nodi er gwaetha'r gronfa adfer ddiwylliannol fod dyfodol Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, National Theatre Wales, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, Amgueddfa Cymru, Llenyddiaeth Cymru, Cwmni Dawns Cenedlaethol Cymru, Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru, Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru, Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru, Ffilm Cymru, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru, Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC ac Urdd Gobaith Cymru o dan fygythiad. Mae'n rhaid i Lywodraeth Cymru ddiogelu eu cyfraniad gwerthfawr, eu hannibyniaeth a'u hyfywedd ariannol. Ond peidied neb â meddwl mai bai y pandemig yn unig yw pa mor fregus ydy cyrff a sefydliadau diwylliannol Cymru. Y gwir amdani yw eu bod wedi dioddef diffyg buddsoddiad a chyfeiriad strategol ers dros ddegawd - yn wir, ers dyddiau Llywodraeth Cymru'n Un gydag Alun Ffred Jones fel Gweinidog diwylliant a chwaraeon. Ychydig fisoedd yn unig sydd ers i'r Senedd hon drafod yr angen am gyllideb gyllid teg a chyson i'n sefydliadau cenedlaethol, megis Amgueddfa Cymru a'r llyfrgell genedlaethol. Diolch byth, wedi ffrae gyhoeddus am fisoedd rhwng y llyfrgell a'r Llywodraeth, daeth cyllid brys i'r sefydliadau hyn ychydig fisoedd yn ôl, ond dim ond llenwi bwlch oedd hyn, yn hytrach na darparu cymorth a sicrwydd hirdymor. Mae'n sgandal nad oes gennym strategaeth ddiwylliannol gyda'r cyllid i'w chefnogi, a dwi'n croesawu ymrwymiad y Dirprwy Weinidog, Dawn Bowden, i fynd â'r gwaith yma rhagddo. Mae ei angen ar fyrder, ac mae angen i'r cynnwys fod yn radical ac uchelgeisiol, ond gyda'r cyllid i'w wireddu. Un enghraifft bosib y dylid ei hystyried ydy'r syniad o incwm sylfaenol i bobl greadigol, rhywbeth y siaradodd Comisiynydd Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol Cymru o'i blaid, gan nodi hefyd fod Llywodraeth Cymru yn colli cyfleoedd o ran diwylliant mewn cynllunio ôl-bandemig. Nid rhywbeth ymylol yw diwylliant Cymru, ac ni ddylai gael ei drin felly gan ein Llywodraeth. Fel y nododd What Next? Cymru yn eu maniffesto cyn yr etholiad, rhaid cryfhau'r 'dimensiwn diwylliannol ar draws Llywodraeth Cymru gan y bydd hyn yn cyflawni uchelgais gymdeithasol ac economaidd y llywodraeth ei hun yn fwy effeithiol ac effeithlon'. Fe wnaethant hefyd ofyn i'r Llywodraeth 'sicrhau fod holl adrannau'r llywodraeth yn cefnogi, yn ariannu ac yn galw am elfen ddiwylliannol gref yn eu gwaith'. ' Culture is ordinary ', sef geiriau enwog Raymond Williams. Ond os ydym o ddifrif am sicrhau mynediad a chynrychiolaeth i bawb yng Nghymru o ran diwylliant, mae'n rhaid i ni gyllido hynny. Mawr obeithiaf y gwelwn y gyllideb hon yn gwneud yn union hynny drwy unioni'r tangyllido hanesyddol a chefnogi'r sectorau hyn i wireddu eu potensial er budd pobl Cymru, economi Cymru a hefyd statws Cymru fel gwlad hyderus, ryngwladol, amlddiwylliannol.