English: We know that the most vulnerable people in our society are the most badly affected by a lack of period dignity and period poverty, including people who are already facing homelessness, on low incomes, have disabilities, and suffer from systemic discrimination because they are members of peripheral groups. These are the people who have to go without other fundamentals, cut back on their limited budgets for other everyday goods, or who have to cope with the impact of a lack of period products or facilities. Even before the cost-of-living crisis has an even greater impact on these people, the disgraceful poverty levels in Wales meant that far too many found themselves in this situation. And I'm proud of the efforts of Plaid Cymru and the successful campaign led by Elyn Stephens, a young Plaid Cymru councillor on Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council at the time, back in 2017, who highlighted the impact of period poverty and secured additional funding for councils to try and tackle this problem ultimately. And I agree with the Minister that it is inevitable that the cost-of-living crisis will intensify period poverty and a lack of period dignity, and therefore it's crucial that we do more to prevent the detrimental impact it will have on people who are under unprecedented economic pressures and, more broadly, on social, economic, health and gender equality. It's a lack of income that, very often, is at the heart of a lack of dignity. The pandemic has also had an impact on the ability of young people to access support and to access period products in education facilities, as you mentioned in your statement. I welcome the additional funding and resources that have been provided by Government to tackle this problem, but I would like to know how the Government will ensure that the increasing number of people who are facing poverty and who need period products are supported during the cost-of-living crisis - beyond educational establishments, perhaps, and the public spaces that we've already discussed. Is the Minister asking local partners who receive this financial support to tackle this issue to report on their effectiveness in ensuring that those who need the support do receive it? What needs to be improved, Minister? As you mentioned, there are people who have to make choices that, in twenty-first century Wales, they should never have to make. So, how is that evaluation taking place?
Welsh: Gwyddom mai pobl fwyaf bregus ein cymdeithas sy'n cael eu heffeithio fwyaf gan ddiffyg urddas mislif a thlodi mislif, gan gynnwys pobl sydd eisoes yn wynebu digartrefedd, sydd ar incwm isel, ag anableddau, ac yn dioddef o gamwahaniaethu systemig am eu bod nhw'n aelodau o grwpiau ymylol. Y bobl yma sy'n gorfod mynd heb bethau elfennol eraill, tocio ar gyllidebau prin ar gyfer nwyddau ac anghenion bob dydd eraill, neu'n gorfod ymdopi ag effaith diffyg nwyddau neu gyfleusterau mislif. Hyd yn oed cyn i'r argyfwng costau byw wasgu ar y bobl yma ymhellach, roedd lefelau tlodi cywilyddus Cymru yn golygu bod llawer gormod yn cael eu hunain yn y sefyllfa yma. Ac rwy'n falch o ymdrechion Plaid Cymru a'r ymgyrch lwyddiannus a arweiniwyd gan Elyn Stephens, cynghorydd Plaid Cymru ifanc ar Gyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Rhondda Cynon Taf ar y pryd, nôl yn 2017, a lwyddodd i dynnu sylw at effaith tlodi mislif ac at sicrhau cyllid ychwanegol i gynghorau i geisio mynd i'r afael â'r broblem hon yn y pen draw. Ac rwy'n cytuno â'r Gweinidog ei bod yn anorfod bod yr argyfwng costau byw yn mynd i ddwysáu tlodi a diffyg urddas mislif, ac felly mae'n gwbl hanfodol ein bod ni'n gwneud mwy i atal y modd y mae'n cael effaith andwyol ar bobl sydd dan bwysau economaidd digynsail ac, yn fwy eang, ar gydraddoldeb cymdeithasol, economaidd, iechyd a rhywedd. Diffyg incwm sydd, yn aml iawn, wrth wraidd diffyg urddas. Mae'r pandemig hefyd wedi effeithio ar allu pobl ifanc i fedru cael cefnogaeth a mynediad at nwyddau mislif mewn lleoliadau addysg, fel y gwnaethoch chi gyfeirio ato yn eich datganiad. Rwy'n croesawu yr adnoddau a'r cyllid ychwanegol sydd wedi cael eu darparu gan y Llywodraeth i daclo'r broblem yma, ond hoffwn wybod sut mae'r Llywodraeth am sicrhau y bydd y nifer cynyddol o bobl sy'n wynebu tlodi ac sydd angen nwyddau mislif yn cael eu cefnogi yn ystod yr argyfwng costau byw - y tu hwnt i'r lleoliadau addysgiadol, efallai, a'r lleoliadau cyhoeddus rŷn ni wedi eu trafod. Ydy'r Llywodraeth yn gofyn i'r partneriaid lleol sy'n derbyn y gefnogaeth ariannol yma i daclo hyn i adrodd ar eu heffeithiolrwydd, wrth sicrhau bod y rhai sydd angen y cymorth yn ei dderbyn? Beth sydd angen ei wella, Weinidog? Fel y sonioch chi, mae yna bobl sy'n gorfod gwneud dewisiadau na ddylen nhw, yng Nghymru'r unfed ganrif ar hugain, orfod eu gwneud, felly sut mae'r gwerthusiad yna yn digwydd?