English: Diolch. I also look forward to working with you in the shared brief, and thank you very much for the questions that you put forward. Certainly I welcome the Carers Wales report and the issues that it raises, and the figures that were given about the number of people - unpaid carers - who didn't get any break during the pandemic. I think, obviously, that is a matter of great concern. I did, during the pandemic, meet many unpaid carers and communicated with them, and they certainly told me about the strain that they were under during the pandemic. But, obviously, we have to accept, as they did, that, in many cases, it was their own choice; that they were nervous about having carers in to the home, for example, to help them, because they were so concerned about their loved person they were caring for, that they didn't want to open up the risk of infection. I'm very aware that this has been a huge strain on unpaid carers, and it is one of those awful things that has happened as a result of the pandemic. Will this be sufficient? I think I answered that in my earlier question - that this is an addition to what we are already doing for unpaid carers. It would probably never be enough, but we certainly have said, in our manifesto, that we were going to increase provision for unpaid carers, and this is part of what we're doing to do that. I have been to Scotland; I have discussed this with the Scottish person who was responsible for the scheme, and I think he makes an important point about the respitality scheme - that, certainly, with the hospitality industry having been through such a difficult time, this may not be the best time to concentrate on that. But that is one of the things we want to look at when it's the right time to do it. Certainly, in terms of the carer assessments, under the Act, every carer is entitled to an assessment. Many of them do not actually take up the opportunity for an assessment because they don't think it's actually necessary, but we need to try and make the awareness of these assessments much more widely publicised.
Welsh: Diolch. Edrychaf ymlaen hefyd at weithio gyda chi ar y brîff a rennir, a diolch yn fawr i chi am y cwestiynau y gwnaethoch eu cyflwyno. Yn sicr, rwy'n croesawu adroddiad Gofalwyr Cymru a'r materion y mae'n eu codi, a'r ffigurau a roddwyd am nifer y bobl - gofalwyr di-dâl - na chafodd unrhyw seibiant yn ystod y pandemig. Rwy'n credu, yn amlwg, fod hynny'n destun pryder mawr. Fe wnes i, yn ystod y pandemig, gwrdd â llawer o ofalwyr di-dâl a chyfathrebu â nhw, ac yn sicr fe wnaethon nhw ddweud wrthyf am y pwysau a oedd arnyn nhw yn ystod y pandemig. Ond, yn amlwg, mae'n rhaid i ni dderbyn, fel y gwnaethon nhw, mai eu dewis nhw eu hunain ydoedd mewn llawer o achosion; eu bod yn nerfus ynglŷn â chael gofalwyr i mewn i'r cartref, er enghraifft, i'w helpu, oherwydd eu bod mor bryderus ynglŷn â'u hanwyliaid yr oedden nhw'n gofalu amdanyn nhw, nid oedden nhw eisiau creu risg o haint. Rwy'n ymwybodol iawn bod hyn wedi bod yn straen enfawr ar ofalwyr di-dâl, ac mae'n un o'r pethau ofnadwy hynny sydd wedi digwydd o ganlyniad i'r pandemig. A fydd hyn yn ddigonol? Rwy'n credu i mi ateb hynny yn fy nghwestiwn cynharach - fod hwn yn ychwanegol at yr hyn yr ydym ni eisoes yn ei wneud i ofalwyr di-dâl. Mae'n debyg na fyddai byth yn ddigon, ond rydym yn sicr wedi dweud, yn ein maniffesto, ein bod yn mynd i gynyddu'r ddarpariaeth ar gyfer gofalwyr di-dâl, ac mae hyn yn rhan o'r hyn yr ydym yn ei wneud i gyflawni hynny. Rwyf i wedi bod i'r Alban; rwyf i wedi trafod hyn gyda'r unigolyn yn yr Alban a oedd yn gyfrifol am y cynllun, ac rwy'n credu ei fod yn gwneud pwynt pwysig ynghylch y cynllun 'respitality' - yn sicr, gan fod y diwydiant lletygarwch wedi bod trwy gyfnod mor anodd, efallai nad dyma'r adeg orau i ganolbwyntio ar hynny. Ond dyna un o'r pethau yr ydym yn awyddus i edrych arno pan ddaw'r adeg iawn i wneud hynny. Yn sicr, o ran yr asesiadau gofalwyr, o dan y Ddeddf, mae gan bob gofalwr hawl i gael asesiad. Nid yw llawer ohonyn nhw yn manteisio ar y cyfle i gael asesiad mewn gwirionedd gan nad ydyn nhw'n credu ei fod yn angenrheidiol mewn gwirionedd, ond mae angen i ni geisio sicrhau bod ymwybyddiaeth o'r asesiadau hyn yn cael llawer mwy o gyhoeddusrwydd.