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MANIFFESTO 2016 MANIFESTO /Plaidcymruwales @Plaid Cymru 1 Dros Y Pum Mlynedd Ddiwethaf Rydyn Ni Wedi Bod Yn Gwrando Arnoch Chi ncern ncern MANIFFESTO 2016 MANIFESTO /PlaidCymruWales @Plaid_Cymru www.plaid2016.cymru/www.plaid2016.wales 1 Dros y pum mlynedd ddiwethaf rydyn ni wedi bod yn gwrando arnoch chi. Mae cannoedd o filoedd ohonoch chi wedi son wrthon ni am eich pryderon, eich gobeithion, eich rhwystredigaeth a’ch breuddwydion am eich teulu, eich cymuned, ac am Gymru. RYDYN NINNAU WEDI GWRANDO AC WEDI CYMRYD SYLW. Dyma sut yr ymatebwn ni os dewiswch chi Lywodraeth Plaid Cymru ym mis Mai. Diolch i chi am siarad â ni. Diolch am beri i’ch ...yna bloeddiodd syniadau chi gyfrif. y baban a thoddi’r gaeafddydd, a’r awel ar rewi llif Irfon... a chwalu’r distawrwydd, a her canrif newydd yn nychryn ei waedd. Iwan Llwyd 2 Over the past five years we have been listening to what you want. Hundreds of thousands of you have told us about your concerns, your hopes, your frustrations and your dreams for your family, your community and for Wales. WE HAVE HEARD AND WE HAVE LISTENED. This is how we will respond if you choose a Plaid Cymru Welsh Government in May. Thank you for talking to us. Thank you for making your opinions count. Let trumpets unleash from forgetments cave the practical dream. Nigel Jenkins /PlaidCymruWales @Plaid_Cymru www.plaid2016.cymru/www.plaid2016.wales 3 FE DDWEDOCH CHI… FE DDWEDOCH CHI… FE DDWEDOCH CHI… dydy hi ddim yn iawn, os bod aros mor hir ar restr aros dydy hi ddim yn deg fod yn oes amheuaeth bod canser am lawdriniaeth, oherwydd rhaid i bobl hŷn sy’n datblygu arnoch chi, bod rhaid aros prinder meddygon, yn dementia dalu am eu gofal cyhyd cyn cael eich profi hynod rwystredig ac y dylech gael triniaeth pan fo gwir …FELLY FE WNAWN NI …FELLY FE WNAWN NI ei hangen roi gofal am ddim i’r henoed, sicrhau bod pawb yng gan ddechrau drwy ddileu Nghymru’n cael ei brofi a …FELLY FE WNAWN NI taliadau am ofal cartref ac chael diagnosis o fewn fuddsoddi yn ein gwasanaeth i bobl â dementia yn y pum 28 diwrnod iechyd er mwyn lleihau mlynedd nesaf amseroedd aros trwy hyfforddi a recriwtio1000 yn rhagor o feddygon a 5000 o nyrsys 4 YOU TOLD US… YOU TOLD US… YOU TOLD US… that it’s simply not right that that being so long on a it isn’t fair that older people if you’re suspected of having waiting list for an operation, who develop dementia have cancer you have to wait so because of the shortage to pay for their care long to be tested of doctors, is so frustrating and that you should be able …SO WE WILL …SO WE WILL to get treatment when you provide free care for make sure that everyone in really need it the elderly, starting with Wales is tested and given abolishing charges for a diagnosis or the all clear …SO WE WILL home care and for people within 28 days invest in our NHS in order with dementia in the next five to bring down waiting times years by training and recruiting 1000 extra doctors and 5000 additional nurses /PlaidCymruWales @Plaid_Cymru www.plaid2016.cymru/www.plaid2016.wales 5 FE DDWEDOCH CHI… FE DDWEDOCH CHI… FE DDWEDOCH CHI… eich bod yn adnabod cymaint eich bod am weld athrawon eich bod chi am i’n pobl ifainc o bobl sydd am weithio ond yn treulio rhagor o amser gael y cyfle goraui ffynnu ac sy’n ymlafnio i gael dau ben yn y stafell ddosbarth yn i weithio yma yng Nghymru a llinyn ynghyd oherwydd cost canolbwyntio ar godi safonau rhoi hwb i’n heconomi ni gofal plant yn lle cael eu claddu mewn gwaith papur …FELLY FE WNAWN NI …FELLY FE WNAWN NI gyllido’n prifysgolion yn ddechrau’r broses o greu …FELLY FE WNAWN NI iawn, dileu hyd at £18,000 o gwasanaeth gofal plant dorri biwrocratiaeth, rhoi ddyled i’r sawl sy’n gweithio cenedlaethol i Gymru gyda premiwm i athrawon a, thrwy yng Nghymru ar ôl graddio a darpariaeth meithrin rhad- weithio gyda’r proffesiwn, fe chreu 50,000 o brentisiaethau ac-am-ddim i bob plentyn wnawn ni sicrhau bod gennym ychwanegol teirblwydd erbyn diwedd tymor yr athrawon mwyaf awchus y cynulliad hwn a medrus yn y DG oll, i godi safonau a chreu cyfleoedd newydd i’n plant 6 YOU TOLD US… YOU TOLD US… YOU TOLD US… that you know so many that you want to see our that you want to see our young people who want to work teachers spending more time people have the very best but are struggling to make in the classroom focusing on opportunities to thrive and to ends meet because of the raising standards - rather work here in Wales to boost cost of childcare than tied down by paper work our economy …SO WE WILL …SO WE WILL …SO WE WILL begin the process of creating cut bureaucracy, give teachers fund our universities properly, a national childcare service a premium and, working with cancel up to £18,000 of debt for Wales with free full-time the profession, we will deliver for those who work in Wales nursery places for all three the most highly motivated and after graduating, and create year olds by the end of this skilled teachers in the whole of 50,000 extra apprenticeships assembly term the UK to raise standards and create more opportunities for our children /PlaidCymruWales @Plaid_Cymru www.plaid2016.cymru/www.plaid2016.wales 7 FE DDWEDOCH CHI… FE DDWEDOCH CHI… FE DDWEDOCH CHI… i chi gael llond bol ar fethu dydych chi ddim yn gweld eich bod wedi diflasuclywed cyrraedd o A i B yn rhwydd digon yn cael ei wneud i bod cyflogau a ffyniant a bod angen gwneud rhagor roi gwybod i’r byd am rai Cymru yn is na gweddill y DG i wella trafnidiaeth, i greu o’r busnesau gwych sydd a bod hyn yn peri i chi bryderu swyddi lleol a rhoi Cymru ar gennym ni yng Nghymru nac am ddyfodol eich teulu a’r waith eto i hyrwyddo’n cynhyrchion arian yn eu pocedi dramor …FELLY FE WNAWN NI …FELLY FE WNAWN NI ymgymryd â’r rhaglen …FELLY FE WNAWN NI roi hwb i’n cwmnïau bach fuddsoddi fwyaf ers i greu WDA i’r 21ain ganrif a sy’n cyflogi cynifer o bobl ddatganoli ddechrau, ym fydd yn gwerthu Cymru, ein drwy dorri’u trethi busnes mhob rhan o Gymru, i syniadau a’n cynhyrchion, i’r a gwneud yn siwr pan fydd wella’n system drafnidiaeth byd er mwyn tyfu busnesau contractau cyhoeddus yn gyhoeddus a’n rhwydweithiau Cymru a rhoi hwb i’n hallforion cael eu rhoi allan bod mwy ffyrdd. Fe fyddwn yn mynd ati o’r gwaith yma’n cael ei roi i i greu swyddi drwy fuddsoddi gwmnïau Cymru ledled y genedl mewn cynlluniau arbed ynni yn y cartref ac ynni gwyrdd 8 YOU TOLD US… YOU TOLD US… YOU TOLD US… that you’re fed up with not that you don’t feel enough is that you’re fed up with Wales being able to get from A to B being done to tell the world having lower wages and easily and that more needs to about some of the great prosperity than elsewhere in be done to improve transport, businesses we have in Wales the UK and that this makes to create local jobs and to get and to promote what we make you worry about your family’s Wales working again and produce here future and the money in their pockets …SO WE WILL …SO WE WILL undertake the biggest create a WDA for the 21st …SO WE WILL investment programme century which will sell Wales, boost our small firms who since devolution in all parts of our products and ideas, to the employ so many people by Wales to improve our public world in order to and transport system and our road grow Welsh cutting business rates networks. We’ll create jobs by businesses and boost our we’ll make sure that when investing nation-wide in home exports public contracts are given out energy efficiency schemes and that more of this work is given green energy to firms in Wales /PlaidCymruWales @Plaid_Cymru www.plaid2016.cymru/www.plaid2016.wales 9 3 UCHELGAIS... CYMRU IACH, CYMRU GLYFRACH, CYMRU GYFOETHOCACH A NAW CAM I’R GYMRU NEWYDD CYMRU IACH: CYMRU GLYFRACH: CYMRU GYFOETHOCACH: GWASANAETH GOFAL ADDYSG O’R CRUD ADEILADU’R PEIRIANT A GWELLA I’R YRFA ECONOMAIDD 1. Ymrwymiad Cenedlaethol ar 4. Darpariaeth addysg cyn-ysgol am 7. Rhaglen fuddsoddi fawr yn Ganser: diagnosis wedi ei ddim i blant tair blwydd oed isadeiledd trafnidiaeth, ynni a warantu o fewn 28 diwrnod gwyrdd ein cenedl 5. Premiwm Cenedlaethol i Athrawon: 2. Torri rhestrau aros trwy codi safonau yn ein hysgolion 8. Creu Asiantaeth Ddatblygu i’r fuddsoddi mewn 1000 o 21ain ganrif i werthu Cymru a’n ddoctoriaid a 5000 o nyrsys 6. Dileu gwerth £18,000 o ddyled cynnyrch i’r byd ychwanegol i raddedigion sydd yn gweithio yng Nghymru a chreu 50,000 o 9. Torri trethi busnes a rhoi mwy o 3. Dileu ffïoedd gofal yn y cartref i’r brentisiaethau ychwanegol gytundebau cyhoeddus i fusnesau henoed a phobl â dementia Cymru 10 3 AMBITIONS... A WALES THAT IS WELL, WELL-EDUCATED, WEALTHIER AND 9 STEPS TO A NEW NATION A WELL WALES: A WELL-EDUCATED WALES: A WEALTHIER WALES: CURE AND CARE NHS CRADLE TO CAREER BUILDING OUR EDUCATION ECONOMIC ENGINE 1. National Commitment on cancer: 28 day diagnosis 4. Free universal pre-school care for 7.
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