During the year Dyfodol has responded to numerous consultations by the Welsh Government and other organisations.
One was a proposal by the Welsh Government to increase the council tax on second homes.
Dyfodol’s response is here: (Welsh only) Dyfodol Treth Ail Gartrefi
Dyfodol i’r Iaith has called on the Welsh Government to call in the decision by Carmarthenshire Council to build 289 houses at Penybanc, near Ammanford. Members of the movement are concerned that building such a number of houses in an area where there are just 400 houses at present will further weaken the Welsh language in the county.
The Movement has also called on the Government to publish a new Technical Advice Note – TAN 20 – with immediate effect, following the County Council’s decision, especially as the Minister with responsibility for the language, Leighton Andrews, has announced that a Commission will look at the position of Welsh in Carmarthenshire. Continue reading
Mae’r ymadrodd ‘datblygu cynaliadwy’ yn deillio o’r mudiad amgylcheddol. Ymgais yw i geisio sefydlu egwyddor sy’n sicrhau nad yw twf economaidd yn digwydd ar draul yr amgylchedd naturiol. Ond mae’n ymadrodd sydd hefyd wedi cael defnydd ehangach mewn cyd-destunau eraill lle ofnir bod datblygu yn digwydd ar draul rhywbeth y dymunir ei gynnal megis cyfiawnder, tegwch cymdeithasol, diwylliant – ac wrth gwrs iaith leiafrifol.
Cafodd papur gwyn Llywodraeth Cymru am fil datblygu cynaliadwy ei feirniadu’n hallt am nad oes sôn ynddo am yr iaith Gymraeg. Ac yn sgil canlyniadau cyfrifiad 2011, lle gwelwyd cwymp sylweddol yng nghanrannau’r nifer sy’n siarad Cymraeg yn y siroedd hynny a ystyrir yn gadarnleoedd yr iaith, cafwyd galwadau pellach i fynnu lle teilwng i’r Gymraeg yn y bil. Continue reading