30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
We understand the important role of Jobs Growth Wales+. It's a conversation I had with the Minister yesterday, when we were discussing the NEETs agenda, and we know that that programme is under pressure. But we are committed to extending Jobs Growth Wales+…
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
Well, I'll answer the last one first. No-one has said that we are not going to provide money for FE to take account of the increased pressures. That decision hasn't been made. So, I think the point about Medr and the breach of legal duty is not appropriate at…
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
Well, this is a live discussion, and I think colleagues around the Cabinet table are fully aware of the pressures on FE and also are fully cognisant of the pressures around the NEET agenda as well. So, it's a collective responsibility. But if I can just add…
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
Yes, and we want that level playing field, of course we do. And we want as many young people to go on to the courses they choose to go on to, because if we don't provide them with those opportunities—and I understand there are waiting lists in some…
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
I'm not aware that it affects other sectors in the same way. As I said earlier on, I think it's a success story around FE, but that brings about its own challenges. So, as I remarked earlier on, we are keeping a very close eye on developments in all the…
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
Bore da.
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
Well, apprenticeships are vitally important and it is something that I passionately feel that we need to support. It is a different pathway into jobs. With the apprenticeship schemes we have, currently, Welsh Government is putting £150 million into supporting…
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
Yes.
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
I'm very much aware of the importance of third sector bodies and community groups, and it relates back to the discussion we had around youth work as well, because youth support is so important as a gateway for those young people to have the best support and…
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
So, we're talking about the NEET agenda here, and it's very distressing when you look at the numbers of NEETs in Wales. There are different sets of figures, but the more accurate ones seem to suggest that about 47,000 young people in Wales are NEETs, about 14…
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
Everything is in the budget at the moment, but you will know from your own experience that being in Government means that you have to make tough choices. So, I'm not saying that we've decided on anything yet, but that is just in the round of discussions.
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
In principle, I'm absolutely supportive of the whole idea of having a national body that will co-ordinate the whole sector, and raise the profile as well, and make sure that the importance of youth work goes into all levels of local authority work, and…
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
Bore da.
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
Fyddaf i ddim yn caniatáu i hynny ddigwydd.
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
A dwi'n credu fy mod i, fel nifer o gwmpas y bwrdd yma, wedi gweld gormod o gynlluniau gweithredu yn y gorffennol sydd yn docenistaidd tuag at y Gymraeg.
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
Mae hwnna'n gwestiwn pwysig iawn. Mae gennym ni fudiadau, fel yr Urdd, fel y mentrau iaith, fel y clybiau ffermwyr ifanc, mewn rhai ardaloedd, sydd yn cynnal eu gweithgareddau drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg. Mi fyddwn i'n disgwyl gweld y strategaethau pum mlynedd yma…
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
Wel, os caf i ddweud, dwi'n falch iawn o gael y cyfrifoldeb am waith ieuenctid am bob math o resymau. Mae gen i rywfaint o brofiad, flynyddoedd yn ôl, o fod yn y sector yna. A dwi'n gwybod pa mor bwysig yw gwaith ieuenctid, nid yn unig o safbwynt y Gymraeg…
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
So, these are considerations in budget discussions at the moment, and we are well aware of the pressures around Welsh medium, but the wider pressures as well in the FE sector.
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
Well, clearly, just on the Welsh language aspect, there is some very good practice in north Wales already, as there is in other parts of Wales as well. So, what we need to do is roll out that good practice, right? And one of the difficulties is around…
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
I'm sorry, I thought you were talking about the wider pressures around—. So, just on the Welsh language.
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
Well, we recognise that the further education sector is under pressure. We've seen increased numbers of young people wanting to go into FE. The enrolments are up, and there are waiting lists as well. So, that's a good-news story in many ways, that so many…
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
Wel, dyna beth byddwn i'n hoffi gweld yn digwydd, a dyna'r neges dwi wedi rhoi'n glir i Medr a CholegauCymru, fod y dilyniant yna o addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg, ac mae'n rhaid i ni gofio, hefyd, fod llawer iawn o ddysgwyr da wedi dod trwy'r system addysg Saesneg…
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
Beth ddylwn i fod wedi dweud hefyd yw bod ColegauCymru wedi sefydlu grŵp tasg yn ogystal i edrych ar sut i ddatblygu'r ddarpariaeth cyfrwng Cymraeg, o dan gadeiryddiaeth prif weithredwr Grŵp Llandrillo Menai, a dwi wedi trefnu cyfarfod gyda fe fis nesaf yn…
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
Diolch yn fawr iawn am y cwestiwn. Fel y bydd nifer ohonoch chi'n gwybod, mae datblygu addysg Gymraeg yn rhywbeth sy'n agos iawn at fy nghalon i. Mae'r Llywodraeth hon hefyd eisiau gweld cynnydd sylweddol yn y ddarpariaeth cyfrwng Cymraeg ar draws pob sector…
30 Medi 2026 , Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Sesiwn craffu cyffredinol ar waith Llywodraeth Cymru
Ie, efallai fod yn well—a bore da i bawb—eu bod nhw'n cyflwyno eu hunain.
