LSC do not pay employees for sick days. However since 2023 there is a statutory sick pay scheme.
Since 1st January 2024, you have a right to 5 days’ sick pay a year (increased from 3 days in 2023). This is called statutory sick pay (that means the legal minimum). Sick pay is paid by your employer at 70% of your normal pay up to a maximum of €110 a day.
You must be an employee and be working at least 13 weeks with your employer before you can get statutory sick pay. You also need to be certified by a GP as unable to work.
More information can be found here.
If you don’t have a sick note from a doctor then you can take any sick days as either unpaid leave or as annual leave.
There is also another government scheme available to PAYE employees. This scheme is the Illness benefit scheme. More detail on the scheme can be found here.