English: Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. I'm very pleased to rise to commend this report to the Senedd, a report on the effect of the COVID crisis on the Welsh language. I want to begin, of course, by thanking members of the committee, our witnesses and our staff, who have continued to support our work through the pandemic. I'm very grateful to them all. The COVID crisis has of course had a massive impact on all aspects of life in Wales, and as expected, it has had a massive impact on the activities and institutions on which we rely to promote the Welsh language and to provide opportunities for people to use it. We received a wealth of evidence and in the short space of time available to me today, I can only highlight some of the aspects of our report. We saw, of course, the cancellation of events - the National Eisteddfod, the Urdd Eisteddfod, and very importantly, a myriad of small and local events run by organisations like the mentrau iaith, all of them crucial opportunities for people to use Welsh in their communities and on a national stage. Now, these cancellations, of course, created economic risks, of which I know the Minister is well aware. There are 2,000 jobs that depend on the National Eisteddfod every year. The Urdd told us that they'd lost £14 million in total and will be in debt by £3.5 million by the time the financial year is done. The Welsh Government had to reprioritise its budget, of course, and £2 million of the Welsh language budget was reprioritised and used elsewhere, and the committee has no criticism of that whatsoever. But we are concerned that that situation shouldn't stand, and we are recommending that short-term reallocations of Welsh language funding do not result in longer term funding changes, which could detract from achieving the aims of 'Cymraeg 2050'.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Lywydd. Rwy'n falch iawn o godi i gymeradwyo'r adroddiad hwn i'r Senedd, adroddiad ar effaith argyfwng COVID ar yr iaith Gymraeg. Rwyf am ddechrau, wrth gwrs, drwy ddiolch i aelodau'r pwyllgor, ein tystion a'n staff, sydd wedi parhau i gefnogi ein gwaith drwy'r pandemig. Rwy'n ddiolchgar iawn iddynt i gyd. Wrth gwrs, mae'r argyfwng COVID wedi cael effaith enfawr ar bob agwedd ar fywyd yng Nghymru, ac yn ôl y disgwyl, mae wedi cael effaith enfawr ar y gweithgareddau a'r sefydliadau rydym yn dibynnu arnynt i hyrwyddo'r Gymraeg ac i ddarparu cyfleoedd i bobl ei defnyddio. Cawsom gyfoeth o dystiolaeth ac yn y cyfnod byr o amser sydd ar gael imi heddiw, ni allaf ond tynnu sylw at rai agweddau ar ein hadroddiad. Gwelsom ganslo digwyddiadau wrth gwrs - yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, Eisteddfod yr Urdd, ac yn bwysig iawn, myrdd o ddigwyddiadau bach a lleol a gynhelir gan sefydliadau fel y mentrau iaith, pob un ohonynt yn gyfleoedd hollbwysig i bobl ddefnyddio'r Gymraeg yn eu cymunedau ac ar lwyfan cenedlaethol. Nawr, mae'r canslo wedi creu risgiau economaidd wrth gwrs, a gwn fod y Gweinidog yn ymwybodol iawn o hynny. Mae 2,000 o swyddi'n ddibynnol ar yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol bob blwyddyn. Dywedodd yr Urdd wrthym eu bod wedi colli cyfanswm o £14 miliwn ac y byddant mewn dyled o £3.5 miliwn erbyn i'r flwyddyn ariannol ddod i ben. Bu'n rhaid i Lywodraeth Cymru ailflaenoriaethu ei chyllideb wrth gwrs, a chafodd £2 filiwn o gyllideb yr iaith Gymraeg ei hailflaenoriaethu a'i defnyddio mewn mannau eraill, ac nid oes gan y pwyllgor unrhyw feirniadaeth o hynny o gwbl. Ond rydym yn pryderu na ddylai'r sefyllfa honno barhau, ac rydym yn argymell na ddylai ailddyrannu cyllid ar gyfer y Gymraeg yn y tymor byr arwain at newidiadau ariannu mwy hirdymor, a allai amharu ar gyflawni nodau 'Cymraeg 2050'.