Rhun ap Iorwerth: Is it not the case that the last but one Counsel General was unelected?
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Diolch yn fawr iawn. Plaid Cymru has long put the case for training and recruiting 1,000 extra doctors in Wales, but, given British Medical Association estimates on the numbers of just GPs that we need in the coming years, maybe we've underestimated the figure. Do you think it's time for Plaid Cymru to look at that 1,000 doctors figure and review it upwards, and what is your Government's...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Okay. I didn't hear a number there. We're sitting quite close to each other; I'd have thought you would have heard that I asked specifically about doctors, not other health professionals, in this particular question. And thank you very much for pointing out the fact that doctors do play an important role within the NHS. If it is the case that you don't know how many additional doctors...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Llywydd, earlier you challenged a colleague of mine to come to a question; perhaps you could challenge the Minister to come to an answer. Let's try one perhaps on which we can agree. Another worry for staffing is our departure from the European Union. A British Medical Association survey suggests that 45 per cent of EU doctors working in the UK are considering leaving—another reason...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Formally.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: First Minister, the one issue that comes up time and again when I speak to the families of those who have dementia is the problem in Wales of having a specific contact worker for families who want someone to turn to whenever they would wish to do that. Now, having that kind of pledge and ensuring that such a worker is available would allow Wales to be innovative in the care that it provides...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: What work is the Welsh Government undertaking to give consideration to the impact of leaving the European Union on the health service in Wales?
Rhun ap Iorwerth: First Minister, let me tell you about a 30-year-old man, who, after a mental health crisis, presented himself to Ysbyty Gwynedd, was then transferred overnight, on a six-and-a-half-hour journey, to a hospital in the south-east of England. His family was able to negotiate a handover to the home treatment team, so, after a week, he was returned home, but describes being accompanied back to his...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Yes. A 50-second reply to the debate from the Cabinet Secretary will be interesting to listen to.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: I am pleased, in the absence of the Member for Carmarthen East, to take part in this debate for Plaid Cymru to pursue issues with regard to economic development. It is a debate on a vital area for the future of Wales. Our economic future is based on talented people developing ideas and developing those ideas in Wales, and we have to create the correct business environment to allow...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: 1. What plans does the Welsh Government have to promote Anglesey's food and drink industry? OAQ51371
Rhun ap Iorwerth: 2. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the impact of the recent floods on Anglesey's road network? 75
Rhun ap Iorwerth: What discussions has the Cabinet Secretary had with organisations in Anglesey prior to the introduction of universal credit in March 2018?
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Thank you very much, Minister. I am aware that you visited Dylan’s prep kitchen in Llangefni at the end of last week. I’m certainly very proud of the economic development that has followed the growth of the Dylan’s business, which has now become a well-known brand across the north-west of Wales over the past few years. That site that you visited is a site that wasn’t built for...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Thank you very much. May I, on behalf of the Assembly, send my sympathy to everyone who was affected by the floods? I have visited most of the areas affected and it is heartbreaking to see the impact on homes, the pain and anxiety caused for people, many of them vulnerable, and businesses have suffered—businesses like Becws Glandwr in Llangefni, for example, who couldn't bake for the first...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Thank you for taking the intervention. Would you accept, though, that in the absence of an independent adjudicator, this was the only model that was open to the Assembly? Once the proposal was made to refer to the scrutiny committee, any attempt through 'delete all' to get rid of that scrutiny process can only be seen by people outside this Welsh Assembly as an attempt to duck public scrutiny.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Will you give way, just very briefly? Thank you. What about the perception of the bias of Government deciding how it pursues natural justice in this case?
Rhun ap Iorwerth: I think I'm speaking on behalf of everybody in this Chamber when I say that we all agree with what you have been setting out, in terms of the ability of an independent adjudicator to ask questions in depth and to conduct a useful role. But will you concede that it has been a grave error for this Government, and previous Governments, to refuse to proactively set up the post of independent...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer, and I speak as Plaid Cymru shadow Secretary for health, but I speak also as a representative of a constituency in the Betsi Cadwaladr region, as do other Members here, and I’m sure I’m speaking on behalf of many of those when I say that communication from constituents, my contact with constituents, show beyond any doubt the strain on that particular...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Yes, of course.
