English: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Minister, can I put on record also my thanks for your stewardship of the education portfolio over the last five years? The statement you've just made demonstrates your commitment to the well-being and education of our young children, our young people, and I very much appreciate that. I look forward and I hope that what you've just said comes to fruition, because I have experience, unfortunately, as have my constituents, where the well-being of young children and the mental health of young children hasn't been addressed fully during this pandemic, particularly children in primary school. As we know, mental health issues can sometimes present themselves as behavioural issues as well, and therefore behavioural changes, often at home, not necessarily in school, can cause difficulties for families. I know of a parent who went to a school to ask for help with those behavioural changes as a consequence of some of the experiences of COVID and being home, and was told, 'We haven't got services available to you.' And that parent didn't have that help, and therefore we need to ensure that the services are available to help parents with children, in primary schools in particular, and also when they move into secondary schools - that transition period as well - to ensure that those services are there so parents don't face the challenges at home because the system has failed to deliver and support the child in the education settings. So, before you leave your post on 6 May, can you give me assurances that you will ensure that every local authority has in place sufficient resources to ensure that children who need that support and parents who ask for that support are not going to be denied it?
Welsh: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Gweinidog, a gaf i gofnodi hefyd fy niolch am eich stiwardiaeth o'r portffolio addysg dros y pum mlynedd diwethaf? Mae'r datganiad yr ydych chi newydd ei wneud yn dangos eich ymrwymiad i lesiant ac addysg ein plant ifanc, ein pobl ifanc, ac rwy'n gwerthfawrogi hynny'n fawr. Edrychaf ymlaen ac rwy'n gobeithio bod yr hyn yr ydych chi newydd ei ddweud yn dwyn ffrwyth, oherwydd mae gennyf brofiad, yn anffodus, fel sydd gan fy etholwyr, o enghreifftiau pan nad yw llesiant plant ifanc ac iechyd meddwl plant ifanc wedi cael sylw llawn yn ystod y pandemig hwn, yn enwedig plant yn yr ysgol gynradd. Fel y gwyddom ni, gall materion iechyd meddwl weithiau amlygu eu hunain fel materion ymddygiad hefyd, ac felly gall newidiadau mewn ymddygiad, yn aml gartref, nid o reidrwydd yn yr ysgol, achosi anawsterau i deuluoedd. Rwy'n gwybod am riant a aeth i ysgol i ofyn am help gyda'r newidiadau yn yr ymddygiad hynny o ganlyniad i rai o brofiadau COVID a bod gartref, a dywedwyd wrtho, 'Nid oes gennym ni wasanaethau ar gael i chi.' Ac ni chafodd y rhiant hwnnw'r cymorth hwnnw, ac felly mae angen i ni sicrhau bod y gwasanaethau ar gael i helpu rhieni gyda phlant, mewn ysgolion cynradd yn arbennig, a hefyd pan fyddan nhw'n symud i ysgolion uwchradd - y cyfnod pontio hwnnw hefyd - i sicrhau bod y gwasanaethau hynny yno fel nad yw rhieni'n wynebu'r heriau gartref oherwydd bod y system wedi methu â darparu a chefnogi'r plentyn yn y lleoliadau addysg. Felly, cyn ichi adael eich swydd ar 6 Mai, a allwch roi sicrwydd imi y byddwch yn sicrhau bod gan bob awdurdod lleol ddigon o adnoddau ar waith i sicrhau na fydd plant y mae angen y cymorth hwnnw arnyn nhw a rhieni sy'n gofyn am y cymorth hwnnw yn cael eu gwrthod?