4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
Diolch yn fawr. Dwi wedi mwynhau'r sgyrsiau rwyf i wedi'u cael o flaen y pwyllgor, so diolch yn fawr i chi i gyd.
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
—mainstreaming as against concentration. To give you a different example, the debate I've remembered in almost every Government that's been formed: 'Do you have a Minister for children?'. And there's the argument: you have a Minister for children, it gives it…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
Na, dwi ddim yn meddwl. Dŷn ni ddim wedi siarad o gwbl am y gwaith sy'n mynd ymlaen i gryfhau defnydd o'r Gymraeg yn y gweithlu yn ein gwasanaethau cyhoeddus, ond mae lot fawr o waith wedi mynd ymlaen. Mae Jeremy wedi bod yn arwain 'Mwy na geiriau' a phopeth…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
Thanks very much to Mick for those. On the late immersion side of things, I really think this is one of the strong success stories of the post-pandemic period. That's why the late immersion centres were really invented, because of anxieties that those young…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
'The Act is very difficult. It puts an awful lot of extra pressure into the system.' I want to just be proportionate about that. I don't think it is like that. If we can continue to build on the successes we have had, we will get to that 50 per cent.
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
Wrth gwrs. Wel, mae'r Ddeddf yn ein helpu ni. Rŷn ni yn delio, jest i fod yn optimistig, gyda'r llwyddiant rŷn ni wedi'i weld. Pan des i i Gaerdydd, doedd dim un ysgol gynradd cyfrwng Cymraeg yn y ddinas o gwbl, a nawr rŷn ni'n trafod—ac mae lot o bobl yn…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
So, if we can manage to continue to have the same number of young people coming into Welsh-medium education over the next decade, we will meet the 50 per cent, because that number will be a percentage of a smaller base. It's not the challenge that some people…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
Wel, mae'n bwysig rhoi'r targed yna yn y cyd-destun rŷn ni'n ei wynebu dros y degawd nesaf. Rŷn ni'n gwybod y bydd cwymp mawr yn digwydd yn nifer y myfyrwyr yn ein hysgolion ni. So, pan fydd y nifer yn mynd i lawr, bydd hwnna'n cael effaith ar y ganran hefyd…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
Y cwestiwn wnaeth Heledd ei godi oedd: ydy'r Ddeddf yn mynd i wneud gwahaniaeth? Dwi'n meddwl y bydd hi.
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
As I understand it, the current system means if you're moving a school into a different category, even when that is a relatively marginal change, you have to use the same system as though you were changing the whole linguistic character of a school. Say you…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
Dwi'n mynd i droi at Elin neu Jeremy, os oes mwy maen nhw'n gallu helpu gyda fe. O beth dwi'n ei ddeall, mae'r system sydd gennym ni ar hyn o bryd yn eithaf anodd i awdurdodau lleol sydd eisiau symud ysgolion o un categori i'r llall. Sori, dwi'n mynd i ddweud…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
Wel, diolch yn fawr am y cwestiwn. Mae’n un o’r pethau pwysicaf yn y Ddeddf, ac mae’n rhoi lot fawr o gyfleon, dwi’n meddwl, i ni yng Nghymru yn y dyfodol. So, mae lot fawr o waith wedi digwydd yn barod. Rŷn ni wedi tynnu tri o bobl i mewn i’r Llywodraeth i’n…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
Wel, dwi’n cytuno: mae rôl yna i’r Llywodraeth. Mae’n anoddach pan rŷch chi’n delio â rhywbeth newydd sbon, lle does neb wedi defnyddio pwerau fel yna o’r blaen. Ond mae rôl gan y Llywodraeth i helpu pobl eraill i ddysgu o’r profiadau mae pobl sy’n…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
Wel, yn fy marn i, Gadeirydd, mae adroddiad y comisiwn yn gwneud achos eithaf cryf i roi'r gyfraith y tu ôl i beth maen nhw'n ei ddweud am ddynodi ardaloedd. Dwi ddim yn dweud—. Pan dwi'n cyfeirio at dri cham, dwi ddim yn dweud o gwbl fy mod i yn erbyn dod at…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
Wel, dwi'n meddwl bod lot o bethau rŷn ni'n gallu eu gwneud heb symud at y trydydd cam yn y broses roeddwn i'n ei amlinellu. Bydd y cam cyntaf yn rhoi cydnabyddiaeth o ardaloedd o arwyddocâd ieithyddol dwysedd uwch o fewn strategaeth ddiwygiedig 'Cymraeg…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
Wel, fe ges i'r cyfle i roi datganiad ar lawr y Senedd yr wythnos diwethaf, neu yn y pythefnos diwethaf, i esbonio ble rydym ni arni. Dŷn ni wedi derbyn nifer eithaf mawr o'r argymhellion. Dŷn ni wedi cwblhau chwech ohonyn nhw. Dŷn ni'n meddwl ein bod ni'n…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
I don't think that is the right answer. The right answer is for the commissioner to exercise her responsibilities to navigate standards in a way, as I say, that is reasonable and proportionate and allows registered social landlords to absorb the modest costs…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
The difficulty there is the one I pointed to, which is that you're asking people to make an estimate of costs for obligations where they don't know what those obligations will be. I'm absolutely confident that no housing association will be paying millions of…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
Well, I will make two slightly different points, Chair. Just to be clear: one person's cost is another person's opportunity. The reason we have standards is because, in Wales, people have a right to use the Welsh language in their interactions with those very…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
Well, Chair, I agree with what Gareth Davies says about the actions that the sector make already. They all have Welsh language schemes. We are not talking about moving from a world where RSLs do nothing for the Welsh language to suddenly having to do a hugely…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
Wel, un o'r pethau dwi mor falch ohono yn ystod y tymor hwn yw bod y Ddeddf, yng Nghyfnod 4, wedi cael ei phasio yn y Senedd yn unfrydol. Roedd pob plaid, pob Aelod o bob plaid, tu ôl i'r Gymraeg. Dwi'n siŵr bod rhai pobl ym mhlaid y Ceidwadwyr yn meddwl bod…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
Sorry, I was just reminded. That was the title of the article, and it was all about code switching, as it's called, where people use it and how they use it and so on. It's very ordinary in other parts of the world, and it's very ordinary in Wales as well. One…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
Well, look, Mick, I think I agree with lots of that. Of course, when people speak Welsh, people go in and out of the language all the time. Am I allowed to say that an article that I remember reading a long time ago had the wonderful title, which was, 'O…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
Ac mae’r cyfrifiad dim ond unwaith bod degawd. So, dyw e ddim yn ddefnyddiol dros ben i ffeindio a yw polisïau’r Llywodraeth yn cael effaith. So, bydd rhaid inni ffeindio ffyrdd eraill i helpu ni i wybod os ŷn ni’n mynd yn y cyfeiriad iawn, neu os ŷn ni’n…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith y Gweinidog: Y Gymraeg
I don't think that snapshot data is the most useful to you as a Government; it's trend data you need to know, isn't it? The fact that you can have a snapshot that tells you that so many people did this on a certain day, well, was that more, was that less?…
