English: Diolch yn fawr, Leanne Wood, and thank you for acknowledging the statement, and also, I think, implicit in that was the acknowledgement of the importance of the social model of disability. It's about the actions we have to take to remove the barriers, where we are disabling through policy and practice because we have not taken into account the impact of these barriers. I'll go first to your - just more clarification on the access to elected office fund. And I'm glad, as I'm sure all of us here in the Senedd - all parties would accept that this is important. Disability Wales were awarded the contract. It is going to be about providing crucial support to enable disabled candidates to access Senedd and local government elections, because they are likely to face greater costs due to their impairments, so the fund will help them in terms of access to meeting those costs. Up until recently, there's been a limiting factor in terms of establishing a fund, because it's been difficult to exempt the additional costs associated with an individual's impairments from the candidates' expenses limit, but we're now addressing that. Legislation is expected to be in place by the end of this year, to facilitate this approach for both Senedd and local government elections. But it is important that this is taken forward, and there will be an advice service to encourage and support disabled people to seek election, financial support to assist prospective candidates - so, this is all important public information for political parties today - to meet the additional support cost, administration of the fund and management of allocations made available to support disabled candidates, and there will be an evaluation report prepared by December 2022 to inform the development of a longer term scheme, which I'm sure, Leanne, was what you were seeking in terms of the outcomes of that, to increase disabled representation at all levels of representation in Wales. So, the consultation opened on 11 November and will close on 21 January, and I urge everyone to respond to that. I'm also grateful that you've raised issues about the impact of COVID itself, the lockdown and social restrictions, and restrictions on disabled people's lives. We have engaged with disability and neurodiversity organisations through not just our disability equality forums, but through many other arenas where we have been able to come together and listen and learn from their experience. Of course, there have been some pluses expressed to working from home, to virtual working. It hasn't meant so many issues around access to transport. But this has also led to loneliness and isolation, and, of course, there are also disabled people who can't work from home in terms of the impact of their employers and expectations. We have to work very closely with the Wales Trades Union Congress to look at their rights as well, because disabled people play a key part in our economic recovery. In terms of the employment champions, this is a strong message to employers on the importance of inclusive recruitment and retention of disabled employees. They are disabled employment champions and they will be central to our work going forward. We've got a comprehensive package of support for employers, as I said in my statement - an online toolkit, a network of disabled people, employment champions to be launched. But also as part of the COVID-19 employability commitment, we've recruited six disabled people's employment champions. There are much greater collaboration opportunities with business leaders, HR professionals and employer representatives. And the role of those champions, I believe, will be inspirational and aimed to not only dispel misconceptions but also to actually take action to see where employers can have the tools to remove the barriers, by applying the social model of disability in their workplace. But there is a disability pay gap as well as a gender pay gap, as well as a race pay gap, and we have to look at all of those socioeconomic issues as well.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Leanne Wood, a diolch am gydnabod y datganiad, a hefyd, yn fy marn i, ymhlyg yn hynny roedd cydnabyddiaeth o bwysigrwydd y model cymdeithasol o anabledd. Mae hyn yn ymwneud â'r camau y mae'n rhaid inni eu cymryd i ddileu'r rhwystrau, pan rydym yn gwneud pobl yn anabl drwy bolisi ac arferion oherwydd nad ydym wedi ystyried effaith y rhwystrau hyn. Rwyf am ateb yn gyntaf - dim ond i roi mwy o eglurder ar argaeledd y gronfa swyddi etholedig. Ac rwy'n falch, fel rwy'n siŵr y bydd pob un ohonom ni yma yn y Senedd - fe fyddai pob plaid yn derbyn bod hwn yn beth pwysig. Dyfarnwyd y contract i Anabledd Cymru. Y diben yw darparu cymorth hanfodol i ganiatáu i ymgeiswyr sy'n anabl gymryd rhan mewn etholiadau i'r Senedd a llywodraeth leol, oherwydd maen nhw'n debygol o wynebu costau uwch oherwydd eu hanableddau, felly fe fydd y gronfa'n eu helpu nhw i gael yr arian i dalu'r costau hynny. Hyd yn ddiweddar, mae yna ffactor cyfyngol wedi bod o ran sefydlu cronfa, oherwydd mae wedi bod yn anodd eithrio'r costau ychwanegol sy'n gysylltiedig ag anableddau'r unigolyn oddi wrth derfyn treuliau'r ymgeiswyr, ond rydym yn mynd i'r afael â hynny erbyn hyn. Disgwylir i ddeddfwriaeth fod ar waith erbyn diwedd y flwyddyn hon, a fydd yn hwyluso'r dull hwn ar gyfer etholiadau'r Senedd a llywodraeth leol. Ond mae'n bwysig bwrw ymlaen â hyn, ac fe fydd gwasanaeth cynghori i annog a chefnogi pobl anabl i ymgeisio mewn etholiad, cymorth ariannol i gynorthwyo darpar ymgeiswyr - felly, mae'r rhain i gyd yn fanylion cyhoeddus pwysig ar gyfer y pleidiau gwleidyddol heddiw - i dalu costau cymorth ychwanegol, gweinyddu'r gronfa a rheoli dyraniadau sydd ar gael i gefnogi ymgeiswyr anabl. Fe fydd adroddiad gwerthuso yn cael ei baratoi erbyn mis Rhagfyr 2022 i lywio'r gwaith o ddatblygu cynllun tymor hwy, ac rwy'n siŵr mai dyna'r hyn yr oeddech yn ei geisio o ran canlyniadau hynny, sef cynyddu cynrychiolaeth pobl anabl ar bob lefel o gynrychiolaeth ddemocrataidd yng Nghymru. Felly, fe agorodd yr ymgynghoriad ar 11 Tachwedd ac fe ddaw i ben ar 21 Ionawr, ac rwy'n annog pawb i ymateb i hwnnw. Rwy'n ddiolchgar hefyd eich bod chi wedi codi materion am effaith COVID ei hun, y cyfyngiadau symud a'r cyfyngiadau cymdeithasol, a chyfyngiadau ar fywydau pobl anabl. Rydym wedi ymgysylltu â sefydliadau pobl anabl a niwroamrywiaeth nid yn unig drwy ein fforymau cydraddoldeb i bobl anabl, ond drwy lawer o feysydd eraill lle'r ydym wedi gallu dod at ein gilydd a gwrando a dysgu o'u profiad nhw. Wrth gwrs, fe fynegwyd bod gweithio o gartref a gweithio rhithwir wedi bod yn fanteisiol ar sawl cyfrif yn hyn o beth. Mae wedi golygu nad oes cymaint o faterion wedi bod yn ymwneud ag argaeledd cludiant. Ond mae hynny wedi arwain at unigrwydd ac ynysu hefyd, ac, wrth gwrs, mae yna bobl anabl hefyd nad oes modd iddynt weithio gartref o ran yr effaith ar eu cyflogwyr a'u disgwyliadau nhw. Mae'n rhaid inni weithio yn agos iawn â Chyngres Undebau Llafur Cymru i edrych ar eu hawliau nhw hefyd, oherwydd mae gan bobl anabl ran allweddol yn ein hadferiad economaidd ni. O ran yr hyrwyddwyr cyflogaeth, mae hon yn neges hyglyw i gyflogwyr am bwysigrwydd recriwtio a chadw, mewn ffordd sy'n gynhwysol, weithwyr sy'n anabl. Hyrwyddwyr cyflogaeth i bobl anabl ydyn nhw ac fe fyddan nhw'n ganolog i'n gwaith ni wrth symud ymlaen. Mae gennym becyn cynhwysfawr o gefnogaeth i gyflogwyr, fel y dywedais i yn fy natganiad - pecyn cymorth ar-lein, rhwydwaith o bobl anabl, cynllun hyrwyddwyr cyflogaeth i'w lansio. Ond hefyd yn rhan o'r ymrwymiad i gyflogadwyedd COVID-19, rydym wedi recriwtio chwe hyrwyddwr cyflogaeth i bobl anabl. Ceir llawer mwy o gyfleoedd i gydweithio gydag arweinwyr busnes, gweithwyr adnoddau dynol proffesiynol a chynrychiolwyr cyflogwyr. Ac rwy'n credu y bydd gwaith yr hyrwyddwyr hynny'n ysbrydoledig ac fe gaiff ei anelu nid yn unig at ddileu camsyniadau ond at gymryd camau hefyd ar gyfer darganfod lle gall cyflogwyr gael yr offer i ddileu'r rhwystrau, drwy gymhwyso'r model cymdeithasol o anabledd yn eu gweithle. Ond fe geir bwlch cyflog pobl anabl yn ogystal â bwlch cyflog rhwng y rhywiau, yn ogystal â bwlch cyflog hiliol, ac mae'n rhaid edrych ar yr holl faterion economaidd-gymdeithasol hynny hefyd.