English: Thank you to the Minister for your statement this afternoon. We will be supporting these regulations today, as these regulations are in regard to easing restrictions. Unfortunately, the latest three-weekly review has once again failed to address the social care sector. To quote a Denbighshire care home owner, 'Older people are often forgotten and pushed to the bottom of the priority list'. The First Minister's written statement on the review of Welsh COVID regulations only mentions the care sector in passing, to say that care home residents and staff would begin getting booster jabs this week. The care sector is responsible for looking after the most vulnerable people in our society. We shut down whole swathes of our economy to protect those very people, those most vulnerable to COVID. Now that we have effective vaccines and can once again open up to return to some form of normal life, it's not an excuse to forget about those in care once again. We are vaccinating teenagers and rolling out third doses, yet we still have over 9 per cent of staff in care homes yet to have their second dose, and this cannot be down to vaccine hesitancy or anti-vax disinformation. One thousand two hundred and sixty three members of staff working in our care homes have had a first dose but not a second, yet a single dose can offer protection against catching and spreading the virus, but not as much as two doses or even three. It's little wonder that care home providers are deeply concerned about their liability and why they are desperately calling for Welsh Government to extend the indemnity enjoyed by the NHS to the care sector. During the last Senedd, Welsh Government introduced legislation to protect the NHS from liability claims. They need to ensure the care sector enjoys similar protections, particularly in light of the pandemic and chronic staff shortages. I hope the Minister will address these points during the course of the next three weeks. Thank you very much.
Welsh: Diolch i'r Gweinidog am eich datganiad y prynhawn yma. Byddwn ni'n cefnogi'r rheoliadau hyn heddiw, gan fod y rheoliadau hyn yn ymwneud â llacio'r cyfyngiadau. Yn anffodus, mae'r adolygiad tair wythnos diweddaraf wedi methu ag ymdrin â'r sector gofal cymdeithasol unwaith eto. I ddyfynnu perchennog cartref gofal yn sir Ddinbych, 'Mae pobl hŷn yn aml yn cael eu hanghofio a'u gwthio i waelod y rhestr flaenoriaethau'. Nid yw datganiad ysgrifenedig y Prif Weinidog ar yr adolygiad o reoliadau COVID Cymru ond yn sôn am y sector gofal wrth fynd heibio, gan ddweud y byddai preswylwyr a staff cartrefi gofal yn dechrau cael brechiadau atgyfnerthu yr wythnos hon. Mae'r sector gofal yn gyfrifol am ofalu am y bobl fwyaf agored i niwed yn ein cymdeithas. Fe wnaethom ni gau rhannau cyfan o'n heconomi i ddiogelu'r union bobl hynny, y rhai sydd fwyaf agored i COVID. Nawr bod gennym ni frechlynnau effeithiol a'n bod yn gallu agor unwaith eto a dychwelyd at ryw fath o fywyd normal, nid yw'n esgus i anghofio am y rhai sydd mewn gofal unwaith eto. Rydym ni'n brechu pobl ifanc yn eu harddegau ac yn cyflwyno trydydd dos, ac eto mae gennym ni fwy na 9 y cant o staff mewn cartrefi gofal o hyd sydd eto i gael eu hail ddos, ac ni all hyn fod oherwydd petruster ynghylch y brechlyn neu gamwybodaeth gwrth-frechu. Mae mil dau gant a chwe deg tri o aelodau staff sy'n gweithio yn ein cartrefi gofal wedi cael dos cyntaf ond nid ail ddos, er y gall un dos amddiffyn rhag dal a lledaenu'r feirws, ond nid cymaint â dau ddos neu dri hyd yn oed. Nid yw'n syndod bod darparwyr cartrefi gofal yn pryderu'n fawr am eu hatebolrwydd a pham maen nhw'n galw'n daer ar Lywodraeth Cymru i ymestyn yr indemniad sydd gan y GIG i'r sector gofal. Yn ystod y Senedd ddiwethaf, cyflwynodd Llywodraeth Cymru ddeddfwriaeth i ddiogelu'r GIG rhag hawliadau atebolrwydd. Mae angen iddyn nhw sicrhau bod gan y sector gofal amddiffyniadau tebyg, yn enwedig yng ngoleuni'r pandemig a phrinder cronig ymhlith staff. Rwy'n gobeithio y bydd y Gweinidog yn mynd i'r afael â'r pwyntiau hyn yn ystod y tair wythnos nesaf. Diolch yn fawr iawn.