English: Well, as I said - I won't go down the austerity line - they said that 'even with the positive settlement this year' - so they're acknowledging that, and it's cross-party signatures on this letter - they're saying that in order to meet pressures in demand-led priority services like social care and children's services, they will be facing cuts without a 4 per cent floor; it is 4 per cent this letter asked for. However, moving on to the integrated care fund, you produced your annual report on 16 January, which said that: 'There are now numerous multi-disciplinary teams of health, social care, housing and third sector professionals working together to develop tailored interventions'. And, you said, 'making better use of resources through collaborative working and moving away from traditional ways of delivering services' have been identified, but you recognised that the fund 'must demonstrate best use of public money and its impact should be clearly evidenced' and that you would be addressing the recommendations from the Wales Audit Office review of the fund. That Wales Audit Office review said: 'A key aim of the fund is to promote joint working between statutory and third-sector organisations' but the 'third-sector representatives that we spoke to identified a range of challenges which have affected their ability to access the fund' and had 'left the third sector disconnected from the wider programme where they could equally have valid contributions to make to some of the larger-scale projects.' Their particular report on north Wales was even more concerning in this context, where it says that 'the way the fund has been managed at national, regional and project levels have limited its potential to datelittle evidence of successful projects yet being mainstreamed and funded', and it specifically said that: 'Third sector representatives told us they felt they have insufficient access to the fund and that they benefit predominantly when spending on other projects slip' and it called for 'ways to ensure fair access to the Integrated Care Fund for the third sector'. This replicates concerns raised with me just in the last week - a debate last week here on bereavement support charities' funding. I've had a letter this week from charities supporting people with vision and hearing impairments. We're all receiving correspondence from the network of third sector bodies providing housing-related support, all of which should, and can, reduce significant pressure on statutory services for relatively small proportions of overall budgets. So, how do you respond specifically to the concerns raised by the auditor general regarding the need to better integrate the third sector, not just in the share of funding, which is critical, but also in the decision making and design of services as they go forward?
Welsh: Wel, fel y dywedais - nid wyf am fynd ar drywydd cyni - dywedasant 'hyd yn oed gyda'r setliad cadarnhaol eleni' - felly maent yn cydnabod hynny, ac mae llofnodion trawsbleidiol ar y llythyr hwn - er mwyn ymateb i'r pwysau ar wasanaethau blaenoriaethol a arweinir gan y galw fel gwasanaethau gofal cymdeithasol a gwasanaethau plant, maent yn dweud y byddant yn wynebu toriadau heb gyllid gwaelodol o 4 y cant; gofynnai'r llythyr hwn am 4 y cant. Fodd bynnag, gan symud ymlaen at y gronfa gofal integredig, lluniwyd eich adroddiad blynyddol ar 16 Ionawr, ac roedd yn dweud: 'Erbyn hyn mae yna dimau amlddisgyblaeth niferus o weithwyr proffesiynol iechyd, gofal cymdeithasol, tai a thrydydd sector sy'n gweithio gyda'i gilydd i ddatblygu ymyriadau wedi'u teilwra'. Ac fe ddywedoch chi fod, 'gwell defnydd o adnoddau drwy gydweithio a thrwy symud oddi wrth ffyrdd traddodiadol o weithio' wedi'u nodi, ond roeddech yn cydnabod bod yn rhaid i'r gronfa 'ddangos y defnydd gorau o arian cyhoeddus hefyd a bod angen darparu tystiolaeth glir o'i heffaith.' ac y byddech yn mynd i'r afael ag argymhellion adolygiad Swyddfa Archwilio Cymru o'r gronfa. Roedd adolygiad Swyddfa Archwilio Cymru yn dweud: 'Un o brif nodau'r gronfa yw hybu cydweithio rhwng cyrff statudol a sefydliadau'r trydydd sector' ond 'cyfeiriodd cynrychiolwyr y trydydd sector a fu'n siarad â ni at ystod o heriau sydd wedi effeithio ar eu gallu i gael gafael ar arian o'r gronfa.' a bod y 'trydydd sector yn dal i fod wedi'i ddatgysylltu o'r rhaglen ehangach lle gallai wneud cyfraniadau yr un mor ddilys at rai o'r prosiectau mwy.' Roedd eu hadroddiad penodol ar ogledd Cymru yn peri mwy o bryder byth yn y cyd-destun hwn, lle dywed fod 'y ffordd y cafodd y gronfa ei rheoli ar lefel genedlaethol, lefel ranbarthol a lefel prosiectau wedi cyfyngu ar ei photensial hyd ymani cheir llawer o dystiolaeth bod prosiectau llwyddiannus yn cael eu prif-ffrydio a'u hariannu' a dywedai'n benodol: 'Dywedodd cynrychiolwyr y trydydd sector wrthym nad ydynt yn teimlo eu bod yn cael mynediad digonol at y gronfa a'u bod yn elwa'n bennaf pan fydd y gwariant ar brosiectau eraill yn llithro.' a galwai am 'ffyrdd o sicrhau bod y trydydd sector yn cael mynediad teg at y Gronfa Gofal Integredig.' Mae hyn yn ailadrodd y pryderon a godwyd gyda mi yn ystod yr wythnos ddiwethaf - dadl yma yr wythnos diwethaf ar gyllid i elusennau cymorth profedigaeth. Rwyf wedi cael llythyr yr wythnos hon gan elusennau sy'n cefnogi pobl sydd â nam ar eu golwg a'u clyw. Rydym i gyd yn derbyn gohebiaeth gan y rhwydwaith o gyrff trydydd sector sy'n darparu cymorth sy'n gysylltiedig â thai, ac fe ddylai, ac fe allai, pob un ohonynt leihau'r pwysau sylweddol ar wasanaethau statudol am gyfrannau cymharol fach o gyllidebau cyffredinol. Felly, sut yr ymatebwch yn benodol i'r pryderon a godwyd gan yr archwilydd cyffredinol ynglŷn â'r angen i integreiddio'r trydydd sector yn well, nid yn unig o ran y gyfran o gyllid, sy'n allweddol, ond hefyd o ran gwneud penderfyniadau a llunio gwasanaethau wrth iddynt fwrw ymlaen?