Bydd y cyfrifoldeb dros ddosbarthu’r cyllid a ddaw yn lle’r cronfeydd strwythurol yn rhan ganolog o’r adferiad ar ôl COVID-19 a dylai fod wedi’i ddatganoli’n llawn. Byddai unrhyw ymdrech i ddiystyru Llywodraeth Cymru a gwario’n uniongyrchol yng Nghymru ar faterion datganoledig yn tanseilio’r setliad datganoli yn llwyr. Mae’n bygwth blynyddoedd o waith caled gan Lywodraeth Cymru a rhanddeiliaid ledled Cymru i ddatblygu fframwaith buddsoddi rhanbarthol newydd i ddiwallu anghenion ei phobl, ei chymunedau, a’i busnesau.
Responsibility for delivery of replacement structural funds will play a central part in post-Covid recovery and should be fully devolved. Any attempt to bypass the Welsh Government and spend directly in Wales on devolved matters would completely undermine the devolution settlement. It threatens years of hard work by the Welsh Government and stakeholders across Wales to develop a new regional investment framework to meet the needs of its people, communities, and businesses.