English: I'm grateful to you for your answer, Minister, but just in the last three weeks I've received a number of constituency contacts from people in the east of Carmarthenshire county, in Llanelli and surrounding communities, that I'm really concerned about. One was around the lack of support for survivors of sexual abuse, and very long waits where there is support; a case of a constituent being told to go to A&E when they were having suicidal thoughts and expected to make their own way there; people waiting over a year for counselling through talking therapies, when we know how important that can be; and no support for talking therapies through the medium of Welsh, which can be particularly important here. If somebody has a mental health problem, being able to express themselves around those issues in their language of choice or their first language is so important. We would all acknowledge that the Welsh Government has made some big financial investments in mental health, but I would suggest to you that those issues coming out from Llanelli and surrounding communities suggest that we really need to take a long hard look at how those resources are being used. And I have a particular concern about that lack of specialist support for survivors of sexual abuse, and about the lack of access to talking therapies. In the end, Minister, we can end up spending a lot of money in these communities on drug therapies, but those don't solve people's problems; they just help them manage them. So, if I write to you with these cases - and I don't want to mention individuals' names or circumstances here - will you undertake to contact the health board to take a look at what's going on? These may be problems, of course, that are being exacerbated by the COVID situation, but these are people in severe distress and they really should not be being treated in this way.
Welsh: Rwy'n ddiolchgar i chi am eich ateb, Weinidog, ond yn ystod y tair wythnos diwethaf cysylltodd nifer o etholwyr â mi, pobl yn nwyrain sir Gaerfyrddin, yn Llanelli a'r cymunedau cyfagos, ac rwy'n pryderu'n fawr am yr hyn a oedd ganddynt i'w ddweud. Roedd un yn sôn am y diffyg cymorth i oroeswyr camdriniaeth rywiol, a lle ceir cymorth, roedd rhaid aros yn hir iawn amdano; dywedwyd wrth un etholwr a oedd yn cael meddyliau hunanladdol am fynd i'r adran ddamweiniau ac achosion brys ac roedd disgwyl iddynt wneud eu ffordd eu hunain yno; pobl yn aros dros flwyddyn am gwnsela drwy therapïau siarad, pan ydym yn gwybod pa mor bwysig y gall hynny fod; a dim cymorth ar gyfer therapïau siarad drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg, a all fod yn arbennig o bwysig yma. Os oes gan rywun broblem iechyd meddwl, mae'n hollbwysig eu bod yn gallu mynegi eu hunain mewn perthynas â'r problemau hynny yn eu dewis iaith neu yn eu hiaith gyntaf. Byddai pawb ohonom yn cydnabod bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi gwneud rhai buddsoddiadau ariannol mawr ym maes iechyd meddwl, ond rwy'n awgrymu i chi fod y materion sy'n codi yn Llanelli a'r cymunedau cyfagos yn awgrymu bod gwir angen inni edrych yn ofalus iawn ar sut y mae'r adnoddau hynny'n cael eu defnyddio. Ac mae gennyf bryder penodol am y diffyg cefnogaeth arbenigol i oroeswyr camdriniaeth rywiol, ac am y diffyg mynediad at therapïau siarad. Yn y pen draw, Weinidog, gallwn wario llawer o arian yn y cymunedau hyn ar therapïau cyffuriau, ond nid yw'r rheini'n datrys problemau pobl; nid ydynt ond yn eu helpu i'w rheoli. Felly, os ysgrifennaf atoch mewn perthynas â'r achosion hyn - ac nid wyf eisiau crybwyll enwau neu amgylchiadau unigolion yma - a wnewch chi ymrwymo i gysylltu â'r bwrdd iechyd i edrych ar yr hyn sy'n digwydd? Efallai fod y rhain yn broblemau sy'n cael eu gwaethygu gan y sefyllfa COVID wrth gwrs, ond mae'r rhain yn bobl sydd mewn trallod difrifol ac ni ddylent gael eu trin fel hyn.