English: I'd firstly like to thank Hefin David for bringing this important debate to our Chamber today. I very much hope that his personal experiences with his beautiful daughter, and knowledge that he now has, will be listened to. For most of what you've said, you've had that experience, unlike most of us here, and you know what is needed to right the wrongs of the system. The current state of affairs isn't good enough. Currently, we're seeing a two-year-plus waiting list for children to see an NDT specialist, which is storing up significant issues for the future and, in my opinion, putting children's learning and life chances at significant risk. Without the NDT appointments, we now have children not being clinically identified as autistic or having ADHD, resulting in poor levels of understanding and provision, thus creating a scenario where children are simply not being adequately supported to thrive. I have also been told of one case of a parent potentially having to go into debt to fund a private referral for their child. I've also been told that headteachers and teachers can put measures in place themselves to support literacy and numeracy - that's not the issue - but what they have stressed and what they do struggle with is that neither headteachers nor teachers have the training or capacity to provide vulnerable learners with what they need and that support, which often results in exclusions, as they can't deal with that behaviour. I would ask the Welsh Government now, as we have a new ALN system coming into play, that we have real and regular checks on it and safeguarding in place, to ensure that the scheme does alleviate all our concerns here today, and that we don't let any more children slip through the gaps. Thank you.
Welsh: Hoffwn ddiolch yn gyntaf i Hefin David am ddod â'r ddadl bwysig hon i'n Siambr heddiw. Rwy'n gobeithio'n fawr y gwrandewir ar ei brofiadau personol gyda'i ferch brydferth, a'r wybodaeth sydd ganddo bellach. Am y rhan fwyaf o'r hyn a ddywedoch chi, rydych wedi cael y profiad hwnnw, yn wahanol i'r rhan fwyaf ohonom yma, ac rydych yn gwybod beth sydd ei angen i unioni camweddau'r system. Nid yw'r sefyllfa bresennol yn ddigon da. Ar hyn o bryd, rydym yn gweld rhestr aros o ddwy flynedd a mwy i blant weld arbenigwr tîm niwroddatblygiadol, sy'n crynhoi problemau mawr ar gyfer y dyfodol ac yn fy marn i, yn rhoi dysgu a chyfleoedd bywyd plant mewn perygl sylweddol. Heb y penodiadau tîm niwroddatblygiadol, mae gennym bellach blant nad ydynt yn cael eu hadnabod yn glinigol fel rhai awtistig neu ag ADHD, gan arwain at lefelau gwael o ddealltwriaeth a darpariaeth, a chreu sefyllfa lle nad yw plant yn cael digon o gymorth i ffynnu. Dywedwyd wrthyf hefyd am achos un rhiant a allai orfod mynd i ddyled i ariannu atgyfeiriad preifat ar gyfer eu plentyn. Dywedwyd wrthyf hefyd y gall penaethiaid ac athrawon roi mesurau ar waith eu hunain i gefnogi llythrennedd a rhifedd - nid dyna'r broblem - ond yr hyn y maent wedi'i bwysleisio a'r hyn y maent yn ymrafael ag ef yw nad yw penaethiaid nac athrawon wedi cael hyfforddiant ac nid oes ganddynt gapasiti i ddarparu'r cymorth sydd ei angen ar ddysgwyr sy'n agored i niwed, gan arwain yn aml at waharddiadau, am na allant ymdrin â'r ymddygiad hwnnw. Gan fod gennym system anghenion dysgu ychwanegol newydd yn dod yn weithredol yn awr, hoffwn ofyn i Lywodraeth Cymru sicrhau ei bod yn destun archwiliadau manwl a rheolaidd a rhoi mesurau diogelu ar waith, er mwyn sicrhau bod y cynllun yn lleddfu ein holl bryderon yma heddiw, ac nad ydym yn gadael i ragor o blant lithro drwy'r bylchau. Diolch.