Mae pum mlynedd wedi mynd heibio ers pasio’r Mesur. Dyma’r adeg cywir i ystyried y gwersi a ddysgwyd hyd hyn ac os, lle bo hynny’n addas, i gyflwyno gwelliannau a newidiadau. Mewn cyfnod o gyni ariannol, rhaid i ni sicrhau bod adnoddau cyhoeddus prin yn mynd i wella gwasanaethau yn y Gymraeg a bod unrhyw feichiau biwrocrataidd posib mor ysgafn â phosib. Ble mae corff wedi methu â chyrraedd y safon, rwy’n meddwl bod e’n bwysig bod y drefn unioni yn arwain at gynnydd a gwelliant, nid at fai. A rhaid i ni ystyried a yw’r balans rhwng rheoleiddio gwasanaethau cyhoeddus a chefnogi’r Gymraeg drwy weithgareddau hybu a hyrwyddo defnydd yn gywir. Mae’n ddyledus ar Weinidogion Cymru i ddefnyddio arian cyhoeddus yn y ffordd fwyaf effeithiol bosib er mwyn cynyddu defnydd y Gymraeg, os ydyn ni am sicrhau yr uchelgais o filiwn o siaradwyr Cymraeg erbyn 2050.
Five years have elapsed since the passing of the Measure. This is the right time to consider the lessons learned to date and, where and if appropriate, to make improvements and changes. In a period of financial pressures, we must ensure that scarce public resources are used to improve Welsh language services and that any potentially bureaucratic burdens are as light as possible. Where a body has failed to meet a standard, I think it is important that the remedial regime leads to progress and improvement and not blame.  We must consider whether the balance between the regulation of public services and supporting the Welsh language through activities to promote and facilitate its use is correct. It is incumbent on Welsh Ministers to use public funds in the most effective way possible in order to increase the use of Welsh, if we are to achieve the ambition of a million Welsh speakers by 2050.