Fel y nodir yn Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol Cynaliadwy: Fframwaith Gweithredu ac er mwyn sicrhau bod momentwm o ran bwrw ymlaen â’n hymrwymiad i ddatblygu achos busnes manwl i roi opsiynau i ni ar gyfer ehangu eiriolaeth yn raddol ac yn fforddiadwy yn y dyfodol, mae Comisiynydd Pobl Hŷn Cymru wedi sefydlu grŵp gorchwyl ar eiriolaeth, ac wedi cytuno i'w gadeirio. Rwy'n ddiolchgar i'r Comisiynydd am ei harweiniad ar hyn a'r gwaith y bydd ei swyddfa'n ei wneud yn y maes hwn. Rwyf hefyd wedi gofyn i’r Grŵp Gorchwyl weithio’n agos gyda’r Grŵp Cynghori Arbenigol ar Eiriolaeth sydd wedi’i sefydlu ar y cyd gennyf i a’r Gweinidog Cymunedau a Threchu Tlodi. Gofynnwyd i’r Grŵp Arbenigol ystyried rhai o’r materion ynghylch y ddarpariaeth eirioli ar gyfer plant a phobl ifanc, a bydd angen ystyried ei waith pwysig a gwaith y Grŵp Gorchwyl yn ofalus gyda’i gilydd. Byddaf i a’r Gweinidog yn gwneud datganiadau pellach am waith y Grŵp Arbenigol maes o law. Felly bydd gan y Grŵp Gorchwyl a’r Grŵp Arbenigol rôl allweddol o ran llunio'r polisi ar gyfer gwneud rheoliadau yn y dyfodol o ran y Fframwaith Eirioli, a byddaf yn hysbysu Aelodau'r Cynulliad am y cynnydd diweddaraf.
As set out in Sustainable Social Services: A Framework for Action and to ensure there is momentum in progressing our commitment to the development of a detailed business case to provide us with options for a future incremental and affordable expansion of advocacy, the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales has set up and agreed to chair a task group on Advocacy. I am grateful to the Commissioner for her leadership on this and the work that her office will undertake in this area. I have also asked the Task Group to work closely with the Expert Advisory Group on Advocacy that has been jointly established between myself and the Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty. The Expert Group has been asked to consider some of the issues around advocacy provision for children and young people, and their important work and that of the Task Group will need to be considered carefully together. The Minister and I will make further statements about the work of the Expert Group in due course. Therefore the Task Group and Expert Group will both have a role in shaping the policy for future regulations to be made under the Advocacy Framework and I will keep Assembly Members informed of progress.