18 Hydref 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig: Digartrefedd
Roeddwn yn aros i chi fy ngadael i mewn yno, Janet. A ydych yn gweld unrhyw synergedd neu fai yn sgil toriadau i fudd-daliadau lles y DU—er enghraifft, y dreth ystafell wely, y lleihad mewn budd-daliadau tai—sy'n gyfrifol mewn unrhyw ffordd am rywfaint o'r…
18 Hydref 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol
Ar ôl Brexit ac ar ôl COVID, mae galw iechyd, fel y gŵyr y Gweinidog, wedi cynyddu ledled y DU a Chymru. Mae Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Aneurin Bevan yn cynnwys yr ardaloedd mwyaf dwys o ran afiechyd diwydiannol, hen ardal Amcan 1, ac wrth gwrs angen graddfaol…
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a Gweinidog y Cyfansoddiad
At what point are you going to be coming back to this committee to do a rerun of where we're at?
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a Gweinidog y Cyfansoddiad
In regard, then, to the mandate of this committee and our scrutiny of where we're at at the moment, as you're all very well aware, the financing and the cost of this Bill itself, and the cost of the reform itself, is already a political hot potato. So, my…
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a Gweinidog y Cyfansoddiad
Thank you very much. Thank you, Chair.
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a Gweinidog y Cyfansoddiad
Okay. The majority of costs, as you've inferred, incurred by the Electoral Commission and the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales are considered opportunity costs. What would happen if future resource requirements relating to Senedd reform…
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a Gweinidog y Cyfansoddiad
That's fine.
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a Gweinidog y Cyfansoddiad
I'm glad that we've raised those issues, even though it's, in a sense, not part of where we are in this Bill. I think these are really important issues for the next Senedd moving forward—hugely important. Going back to my questions, in terms of uncertainty…
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a Gweinidog y Cyfansoddiad
Okay. It makes sense.
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a Gweinidog y Cyfansoddiad
Okay. Thank you. I'm going to move on. The Bill also relates to job sharing—that's something that's been contentious in the past—for particular offices in the Senedd and the Welsh Government. The Bill does not introduce any provisions that would establish job…
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a Gweinidog y Cyfansoddiad
That's a very good answer.
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a Gweinidog y Cyfansoddiad
Thank you very much, Chair. It's difficult for us as a Finance Committee dealing with known unknowns, and obviously we will try our very best in terms of digging in to those assumptions. My questions are really pertaining to those uncertainties. But I think…
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru—Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2022-23, a’r Amcangyfrif ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay, thank you very much, Chair.
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru—Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2022-23, a’r Amcangyfrif ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
So, it's a suite of measures.
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru—Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2022-23, a’r Amcangyfrif ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Excellent. My final question: funding for those two posts is going to be partially offset by efficiencies in non-pay budgets, so can you briefly outline how these efficiencies are generated, or potentially generated, given the increases that we've identified…
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru—Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2022-23, a’r Amcangyfrif ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay, so, you've underestimated, in a sense, what you could do with.
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru—Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2022-23, a’r Amcangyfrif ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
[Laughter.] Fine. Right, I'm coming to my last questions, Chair. The request also includes funding for one investigation officer and one data analyst—you've already outlined that. Just to outline why those roles are needed, very briefly—you've already done…
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru—Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2022-23, a’r Amcangyfrif ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
So, you're not planning on a massive office move somewhere nice and shiny, then.
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru—Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2022-23, a’r Amcangyfrif ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay, thank you. The wider question, then, is: do you anticipate making cost savings on accommodation in the longer term? Obviously, the inflationary pressures are there.
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru—Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2022-23, a’r Amcangyfrif ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
I've never seen that before.
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru—Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2022-23, a’r Amcangyfrif ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Well, this is very detailed—£16,000, I've got in here.
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru—Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2022-23, a’r Amcangyfrif ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Fine. Thank you for that. That was interesting. So, you've talked about efficiencies already and you talked about your reduction around office costs just a moment ago, but the estimate does request an additional £71,000 for premises and facility costs and…
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru—Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2022-23, a’r Amcangyfrif ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay, thank you. You've answered the first of my questions in relation to your projection around the 5 per cent pay award and the potential, you know, it could be above the 3 per cent, and also in terms of where we currently sit in terms of that pay award for…
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru—Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2022-23, a’r Amcangyfrif ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay.
18 Hydref 2023 , Finance Committee
Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru—Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2022-23, a’r Amcangyfrif ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
So, in terms of technological development, all that sort of forward-facing work now is on the back burner, would you say, or is there still work going on on that sort of thing?