English: Yes. During the previous year, it was a huge problem, because the budget had been set at a level where expenditure was over twice the level of the budget. So, we were reliant on underspend within other budgets in order to actually meet those legal costs. When I looked at the situation with Dyfan and Gwenith, what was interesting was that expenditure on legal costs on an annual basis was very different from one year to the next. And that of course is because everyone has a right to take a case to tribunal, and therefore we do have to respond if there is a tribunal case. And I was very eager - and I think it was important at the time - that we were also involved with a High Court case in terms of one of our policy standards, where we were convinced that that standard had not been met by a particular local authority. And the costs there were quite significant, but in my view they were costs that could be justified. Now, in the current year, the pattern has changed again, and that I think demonstrates how important it is to have some sort of understanding of the fact that we do need some reserves to pay legal costs as a contingency, because the truth of the matter is that we would have made use of over half of those reserves in the previous year. Clearly, too, and this is part of the discussion between ourselves and Government, we are in a very difficult situation where we are entirely reliant on Government in terms of our funding, but there are possibilities that legal costs could be spent in a case against the Government. So, that's what creates some level of uncertainty. All I would say in terms of the reserves is I think there is a tendency in all public bodies I've been involved with that you try to safeguard your reserves, and almost if you dip into those reserves that you've failed in some way in terms of financial control and financial management. But I think, ultimately, the experience that we've had this year in terms of our cyber attack just demonstrates how important it is to have those reserves. And the truth of the matter is that, although we are facing costs, significant costs, in terms of rebuilding, and that that is partially because we are very eager to have systems in place that let us as a team work more effectively and allow our officials to work more effectively, too, but also provides a better service for citizens and those approaching us with complaints, it is appropriate that we do spend the funds that we hold in reserve in order to ensure that we can invest in these systems. So, it's a complex pattern, but the general picture I want to paint for you is that we have strong financial management. We've received an unconditional report from Audit Wales, which is important to us, given that we lost our financial systems for a period of months. So, having that report not being qualified is important to us. But, clearly, we do have to keep an eye on changes emerging from COVID and also changes as a result of the cyber attack itself.
Welsh: Ydy. I ddweud y gwir, yn ystod y flwyddyn flaenorol, mi oedd o yn broblem enfawr, achos mi oedd y gyllideb wedi cael ei gosod ar lefel lle'r oedd y gwariant dros dwywaith lefel y gyllideb. Felly, mi oeddem ni yn ddibynnol ar danwariant o fewn meysydd eraill er mwyn medru cyrraedd y costau cyfreithiol hynny. Pan wnes i edrych ar y sefyllfa efo Dyfan a Gwenith, beth oedd yn ddiddorol oedd bod gwariant ar gostau cyfreithiol yn flynyddol yn wahanol iawn o flwyddyn i flwyddyn. Mae hynny, wrth gwrs, achos bod gan bawb hawl i fynd at y tribiwnlys. Ac felly mae'n rhaid inni ymateb os oes yna achos tribiwnlys. A hefyd, mi oeddwn i'n awyddus iawn - a dwi'n meddwl roedd yn bwysig iawn ar y pryd - ein bod ni hefyd yn ymwneud ag achos yn yr Uchel Lys o ran un o'n safonau llunio polisi ni, lle roedden ni'n grediniol bod y safon yna wedi cael ei dorri gan yr awdurdod lleol. Mi oedd y costau'n eithaf sylweddol, ond, yn fy marn i, yn gostau roedd modd inni ddweud ei bod yn iawn ein bod ni'n eu talu nhw, felly. Erbyn hyn, yn y flwyddyn rydyn ni ynddi ar hyn o bryd, mae'r patrwm wedi newid eto. Felly, mae hynny'n dangos, dwi'n meddwl, pa mor bwysig ydy cael rhyw fath o ddealltwriaeth ynglŷn â'r ffaith bod angen rhywfaint o gostau cyfreithiol wrth gefn jest rhag ofn, achos y gwir amdani oedd y byddwn ni wedi gwneud defnydd o dros hanner y costau yna o fewn y flwyddyn flaenorol. Yn amlwg hefyd, ac mae hyn yn rhan o'r drafodaeth rhyngom ni a'r Llywodraeth, rydyn ni mewn sefyllfa anodd iawn lle rydyn ni'n llwyr ddibynnol ar y Llywodraeth o ran ein harian ni, ac eto mae yna bosibiliadau bod costau cyfreithiol yn cael eu gwario mewn achos yn erbyn y Llywodraeth. Felly, dyna sydd yn creu rhyw ansicrwydd. Yr unig beth y buaswn i'n ei ddweud o ran cronfa wrth gefn yw dwi'n meddwl ei bod o'n dueddiad o fewn pob corff cyhoeddus dwi wedi bod yn aelod ohono fo eich bod chi'n ceisio gwarchod y gronfa wrth gefn a, bron, os ydych chi'n gwneud defnydd o'r gronfa wrth gefn, rydych chi wedi methu o ran rhyw reolaeth ariannol. Ond, dwi'n credu yn y pen draw bod y profiad rydyn ni wedi'i gael eleni o ran yr ymosodiad seiber yn dangos pa mor bwysig ydy cronfa wrth gefn. A'r gwir amdani ydy, er ein bod ni'n wynebu costau sylweddol o ran ailadeiladu, a bod hynny yn rhannol achos ein bod ni'n awyddus iawn i gael systemau mewn lle sy'n ein gwneud ni'n fwy effeithiol fel tim, sy'n galluogi ein swyddogion ni i weithio yn well, ond hefyd sydd yn rhoi gwell gwasanaeth i ddinasyddion yn y pen draw ac i bobl sy'n dod aton ni i gwyno, ei bod hi'n briodol inni wario yr arian sydd o fewn y gronfa wrth gefn er mwyn sicrhau ein bod ni'n medru buddsoddi yn y systemau yna. Felly, mae o'n batrwm cymhleth, ond y darlun cyffredinol dwi eisiau dweud wrthych chi yw bod gennym ni reolaeth ariannol da. Rydyn ni wedi derbyn adroddiad diamod unwaith eto gan Archwilio Cymru, sy'n bwysig inni, wrth ystyried ein bod ni wedi colli ein systemau ariannol am gyfnod o fisoedd. Felly, mae hynny o bwys. Ond, yn amlwg, mae'n rhaid inni gadw golwg ar y newidiadau sy'n deillio o newidiadau COVID-19 a hefyd o ran yr ymosodiad seiber ei hun.