22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Papurau i’w nodi
Members, can I go on to item 3? That's papers to note. You'll see there are three papers before us. Are you happy to receive those? You are. Okay. Thank you very much.
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Okay, John. Thank you very much. Well, that brings us to the end of our session—just over. So, can I thank you very much, Minister, for coming along, and your officials for attending today, what is a really important session for us in closing our inquiry and…
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Thank you.
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Thank you for that. Thank you, Lesley. Can I bring John Griffiths in?
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
I'm conscious of time moving on. Do you want to—?
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Thank you, Joyce. Lesley.
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Thank you for that, Alistair. Joyce, can I bring you in?
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Yes, thank you for that. And it's important that they are held to account.
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Thank you for that. I just want to pick up on one point about it being fine having good policies in place and, actually, you can throw as much money as you want at something. That doesn't mean to say that that's right. Actually having the correct policies and…
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Okay, Mabon?
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Okay. Back to you, Mabon, sorry.
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Can I bring Joyce in for a second?
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Right, let's get you another one.
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Oh, let's get you another one.
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Okay, thank you for that. Sorry, Mabon.
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Could you explain a little bit what a 'letter of comfort' is?
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Thank you very much for that. I'm going to move us on, then. Can I invite Mabon in, please?
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
And are you confident that your colleagues within the Cabinet recognise the seriousness of this?
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Okay. Fine. One last point from me, before we talk in more depth about data. There are going to be a lot of carers or carers organisations watching today's session, so it's an opportunity for you to—. What assurances would you like to give to carers that they…
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Thanks, Lesley. A couple of final points from me: your evidence paper refers to an action plan led by the Association of Directors of Social Services, which is due to be completed, I think, in March this year. What can we expect to see published following…
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Yes, thank you for that. Lesley.
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Well, that's welcome, and I hope you have some positive responses back from local authorities. Is there a way, then, that a more permanent, robust system can be put in place to make sure that the monitoring—? Or how will the ongoing monitoring happen? I mean…
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
—but they weren't getting stuff, and that was a constant message we heard. I know you wrote to—. In November you told us again, you shared your concerns over these issues, and you've done that again, and I know you said you were going to write to local…
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
We'll come on to some of those points after, but, sadly, we didn't hear much evidence that those assessments were happening or, even if they got an assessment, that, afterwards, the commensurate actions were taking place. So, you know, you can tick the box…
22 Ionawr 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Thank you for that, and thank you for recognising the severity of the situation. I recognise that you haven't been in post for a long time, and I acknowledge the extra money and things that have gone in. But the reality is that those unpaid carers haven't…