Tanaiste Leo Varadkar explains key benefits of new sick pay scheme with big changes coming This should benefit plenty of people The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Get the latest news from across Ireland straight to your inbox every single dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Following the introduction of the new sick pay scheme, Tanaiste Leo Varadkar has said that "less people will feel that they have to go to work when they're sick" when it's introduced.