15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
Rŷn ni eisoes wedi comisiynu gwaith ar hwn. Felly, roedd hwn yn rhywbeth yr oedd y category 1 responders yna wedi ei godi, fod angen central repository lle'r oedd pawb yn gallu cael y wybodaeth oedd ei hangen. Ac felly, rŷn ni wedi comisiynu'r UK Resilience…
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
Can I ask Sioned to come in there?
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
Well, we certainly did in Wales. We incorporated social care challenges, as I say, and we did have consideration for the care sector workforce, resilience, management of care homes, whilst we responded to and engaged with these issues during the exercise, for…
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
Dwi'n meddwl, o ran pethau'n digwydd ar yr un pryd, rydyn ni wedi cael enghreifftiau o hynny. Os ydych chi'n cofio, cyn y pandemig, roedden ni newydd gael llifogydd mawr. Roedden ni'n dal i ddelio â'r rheini. Roedden ni'n dal i ddelio â Brexit. Roedd y rheini…
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
Gaf i ofyn i Sioned ddod i mewn?
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
Andy.
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
Roedd yr ymarfer yma yn un realistig dros ben, ac fel rhywun oedd wedi cymryd rhan ynddo, ac yn wir, roedd pob un yn y Cabinet wedi dod yn rhan ohono fe, roedd e actually yn eithaf triggering. Roedden ni nôl yn y sefyllfa lle roedden ni yn ystod COVID. Fe…
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
I did have a chat with John Swinney about it, and I think they recognise that they've got a huge amount of additional work that they need to do now. You know, you'll have to ask John Swinney how he feels about the situation.
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
It is absolutely the same position. I just want to make it clear that, as a Government, we could not have put more effort into responding to the UK inquiry. What has come out absolutely clearly, particularly from the module 2 report, is that, actually, the…
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
Thanks. I think it's really important to clarify the situation in relation to one of the recommendations of the inquiry. Neither the Welsh Government nor the UK Government or other devolved Governments accepted the proposal for an independent statutory body…
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
I do accept that, but you're asking for proof, and I'm telling you that 31 times—. You probably clocked it on a few occasions, on the really big storms and things, but, actually, a huge amount of this work is being done under the radar, quietly. It did get to…
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
So, I think the assessment of our crisis management structures is demonstrated by, more than anything, how we respond now to incidents and what support we give to those multi-agency responses. It can be proved in real time. The fact that we have seen that in…
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
I think it's worth actually bearing in mind that, pre pandemic, none of us were meeting online in the way that we do today. So, part of what we have to do is to be constantly updating the mechanisms and systems to respond to the technological advances, to…
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
Mae hwnna’n rhan o’r risk management. Rŷn ni wedi ei gwneud hi’n glir bod yna restr rili comprehensive o ran risk management, ac mae cyber attack yn amlwg yn rhan o hynny. Dyna pam mae’n bwysig nid yn unig i gael sefyllfa lle rŷch chi’n gallu ymgynnull…
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
That's a slightly different thing. Andy, can you—?
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
Well, no, it's a place; it's not a thing.
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
The centre is a location, but the operation was stepped up 31 times.
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
Thirty-one.
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
I think there's probably a misunderstanding of what the emergency co-ordination centre is. It is a location; it's not a programme. This is in CP2 in Cathays Park. The point of this is that it provides a facility to allow co-location if you are in a…
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
I think that's a really interesting question. I bumped into people in Dolgellau recently at the fire service. It was just fascinating talking to them, because a lot of them are retained firefighters. There's a very different response in different areas. Their…
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
So, we recognise that, actually, when you have this kind of situation, a crisis situation that involves the entire nation, this is going to get quite complicated and a lot of people are going to be involved. So, that's why it makes sense for us to try and…
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
We've got a very comprehensive 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan', and part of that is collection of data. So, we've got workforce data now being collected across health and social care. What we're trying to do is to make sure that we collate that information…
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
I think it's important to set out before we start this committee the fact that the Welsh Government wants to express our deepest sympathy to those people who suffered during COVID-19. It was an extremely difficult time for the whole nation, but in particular…
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
Diolch yn fawr iawn, a diolch am y cyfle i ddod i siarad â chi heddiw.
15 Ionawr 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Eluned Morgan AS, Prif Weinidog Cymru
I'm Eluned Morgan, First Minister of Wales.
