18 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
Yes, I accept that. Thank you for that. My only other question is—. Your evidence includes some suggested areas to follow up with the Minister for Finance and Local Government. In your view, what are the key questions that need to be asked of the Minister…
18 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
I accept that it's difficult to have to have a general perspective. I didn't know if there was one area that was really jumping out at you, that was really concerning you. Perhaps it is the preventative agenda from the health perspective and things like that…
18 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
I can't help but reflect a tad on that, because I can absolutely see that there's a need for the Government to self-assess, and that means asking each department and each Minister to apply the maturity matrix to their own workings to see where the anomalies…
18 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
Thank you for that. I fear that this is going to continue until there's a way forward and I'm thinking back to local government days, when we saw the need to put in equality impact assessments. Should there be a future generations impact assessment appended…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig: Arolygu ac ariannu gofal iechyd
Mae'n bwysig ein bod ni'n cael dadleuon fel hyn sy'n canolbwyntio ar y system gofal iechyd, ac rwy'n siŵr nad hon fydd yr olaf. Mae'r ffocws heddiw yn gwbl briodol gan fod adroddiad blynyddol Arolygiaeth Gofal Iechyd Cymru yn dangos ei fod yn gwneud gwaith…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i Weinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Yn dilyn y thema honno, ac nid wyf am ailadrodd popeth a ddywedodd Rhys—. Yn y bôn, er y gwyddom—. Mae'r £22.1 miliwn canfyddedig, sef y toriad canfyddedig i ADY, bellach wedi mynd i mewn i'r grant addysg diwygiedig i awdurdodau lleol, ac mewn egwyddor, mae…
16 Ionawr 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol: Ystadau Cymru
Diolch, Gweinidog, ac rwyf wir yn golygu hynny. Rwy'n croesawu'r hyn y mae Ystadau Cymru yn ei wneud ac y mae wedi bod yn ei wneud, gan annog rhagoriaeth o ran rheoli ystad sector cyhoeddus Cymru, neu'r canllawiau cydweithredu strategol ac arfer da, ac mae'n…
10 Ionawr 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig: Canlyniadau'r Rhaglen Ryngwladol Asesu Myfyrwyr
Pan dynnais sylw am y tro cyntaf at fethiant parhaus y Llywodraeth hon a Llywodraethau Llafur blaenorol Cymru i wella canlyniadau PISA, dywedwyd wrthyf fod hynny oherwydd dau beth. Y cyntaf oedd COVID, a’r ail oedd am nad oedd newidiadau deddfwriaethol y…
10 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Yes. Yes.
10 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Yes. Just reflecting on something that was said, I suppose it plays into the childcare discussion again, about if you've got, say, a single mum who wants to access education or NVQ or whatever levels, it's fundamental to be able to have access to childcare to…
10 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
10 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Thank you, both. That's very helpful. Just a last question from me, Chair, and it's looking at the discretionary assistance fund. It will be maintained, we know from this budget, at about £38.5 million. Is this sufficient to meet the pressures faced by Welsh…
10 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
I don't know, Jessica, if you've got any reflections on that as well.
10 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Thank you, Victoria. That's helpful. We've noted that urgency. To both of you, and focusing specifically on the winter fuel scheme and the removal of that, I'm assuming from previous questions that that probably has driven more clientele to you. Do you think…
10 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Thank you, Chair. Victoria, the Welsh Government were due to publish their implementation plans for the Welsh benefits charter at the end of 2023. I know, in January last year, you told us that charters are helpful but they have a fairly short shelf-life and…
10 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
That's helpful. Thank you.
10 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
I think many of the pressures and cuts are going to be transferred for local government to administer. I've already seen draft budgets coming out of councils and quite horrendous costs that have got to be passed on. My final question is this: do you have any…
10 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Thanks for that. One last—
10 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Given the funding outlook for future years, are there any programmes or policies that the Welsh Government could reconsider in the longer term on affordability grounds?
10 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Of course, there will be an election as well, which might influence announcements, I’m sure. So—
10 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
I think that's helpful, and it's a shame there hadn't there been a smoother approach over the decade instead of this up and down. Actually, it brings me on nicely to the next question, because I know that the Minister shared in the committee here that she was…
10 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Okay. Did David want to come in?
10 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
No council is going to want to cut discretionary services if they don't have to. They'll find all ways, council tax, reserves, everything, but there'll come a point, because of the imbalance in the way that the funding is distributed across local authorities…
10 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Thanks. Just on that last point, I think David is absolutely right, and I think we do need an independent assessment of how we utilise the money. It's no good to keep throwing money at something without knowing that it's being used to the best effect, and I…
10 Ionawr 2024 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
I just wondered if there was some sort of surprise that there was such—. Recognising that the inflationary pressures were well known in advance of the setting of last year's budget, did it seem quite surprising that not long after we set the budget we had to…
