English: I believe that Members should have received an update on the expert panel review, the recommendations and how we are taking this work forward just prior to Christmas. We accepted almost all of the recommendations. The one recommendation that I had reservations about was the creation of a new museums council that potentially could compete with or could tread on the toes of existing organisations. So, it's my view that before setting up any new organisations or groups, we should first examine whether those that currently exist actually exist to the best of their ability. If not, then are there changes that are required to those organisations? There are other recommendations that we had actually enacted before the review had emerged. One, for example, was my desire to see local museums being able to access the sort of funding that local libraries were able to access for the purpose of transforming them into lifelong community hubs. I changed the criteria on that fund and increased the amount of money available so that local museums could benefit from it. The expert panel report identified this as a transformation fund, and it truly is a transformation fund, but I didn't wish to wait until the report was responded to and then actioned on before making sure that that valuable resource that could keep local museums alive was made available and, indeed, drawn down. I think the figures are very promising at the moment - there is great interest by local museums. Insofar as the other recommendations are concerned, we are implementing them, but I must stress again that that one recommendation that I have reservations about is based on my belief that we currently have the right institutions, organisations and groups that can represent the museum sector.
Welsh: Rwy'n credu y dylai'r Aelodau fod wedi cael y wybodaeth ddiweddaraf ychydig cyn y Nadolig ynglŷn ag adolygiad y panel o arbenigwyr, yr argymhellion a sut rydym yn bwrw ymlaen â'r gwaith hwn. Derbyniwyd y rhan fwyaf o'r argymhellion gennym. Yr un argymhelliad yr oedd gennyf amheuon yn ei gylch oedd creu cyngor amgueddfeydd newydd a allai gystadlu â sefydliadau presennol neu sathru ar eu sodlau. Felly yn fy marn i, cyn sefydlu unrhyw sefydliadau neu grwpiau newydd, dylem archwilio yn gyntaf a yw'r rhai presennol yn cyflawni hyd eithaf eu gallu. Os nad ydynt, a oes angen gwneud newidiadau i'r sefydliadau hynny? Mewn gwirionedd, roeddem wedi rhoi rhai o'r argymhellion eraill ar waith cyn i'r adolygiad gael ei gyhoeddi. Un ohonynt, er enghraifft, oedd fy nyhead i amgueddfeydd lleol allu cael mynediad at yr un math o gyllid â llyfrgelloedd lleol, er mwyn eu trawsnewid yn ganolfannau cymunedol gydol oes. Newidiais y meini prawf ar gyfer y gronfa honno a chynyddu'r swm o arian a oedd ar gael er mwyn i amgueddfeydd lleol allu elwa ar hynny. Fe'i gelwir gan adroddiad y panel o arbenigwyr yn gronfa drawsnewid, ac mae'n wir ei bod yn gronfa drawsnewid, ond nid oeddwn yn awyddus i aros am ymateb i'r adroddiad ac i gamau gweithredu gael eu cymryd ar yr adroddiad cyn sicrhau bod yr adnodd gwerthfawr hwnnw, a allai gadw'r amgueddfeydd lleol yn fyw, ar gael ac yn cael ei ddefnyddio. Credaf fod y ffigurau'n addawol iawn ar hyn o bryd - mae amgueddfeydd lleol wedi dangos cryn ddiddordeb. O ran yr argymhellion eraill, rydym yn eu rhoi ar waith, ond mae'n rhaid i mi bwysleisio unwaith eto fy mod yn gyndyn i dderbyn yr un argymhelliad hwnnw gan fy mod o'r farn fod gennym y sefydliadau a'r grwpiau cywir ar hyn o bryd i gynrychioli'r sector amgueddfeydd.