Gwyddom hefyd y dull presennol o weithredu’n gostus iawn. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn buddsoddi’n sylweddol mewn cefnogi gwelliant. Yn amlwg byddai’n well targedu’r buddsoddiad hwn at rwystro sefyllfa debyg rhag digwydd eto, at les mwy hirdymor, at wella gwasanaethau a llywodraethu da, yn hytrach nag adfer. Daw’r ymgynghoriad ar ein Papur Gwyn cyntaf ar Ddiwygio Llywodraeth Leol i ben ar 1 Hydref. Byddwn yn ystyried yr ymatebion yng ngoleuni’r profiadau a nodwyd uchod.
We also know there are considerable costs to the current approach.  The Welsh Government makes significant investment in supporting improvement.  It would clearly be better to target this investment towards prevention and longer term well-being, towards service improvement and good governance, rather than recovery.  The consultation on our first White Paper on Reforming Local Government closes on 1 October.  We will be considering the responses in light of the experiences I have just outlined.