Taoiseach Enda Kenny has urged the garda representative bodies to return to talks on extending the Croke Park Agreement.
Mr Kenny said the place to deal with the issues under discussion was at the negotiations, where the concerns of gardaí can be dealt with.
He was speaking after discussions in Government Buildings with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.
Meanwhile, the Garda Representative Association has withdrawn co-operation from a range of voluntary duties in protest at plans to cut their earnings as part of any new Croke Park Agreement.
The move involves a refusal to use personal phones, laptops or cars in the course of their work.
Gardaí say they have suffered severe pay reductions over recent years, and simply cannot afford any cut in either basic pay or premium payments for working irregular hours.
The GRA represents almost 12,000 gardaí.
The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors is supporting the GRA members and will decide next week how and when to join the protest.
Earlier, Minister for Justice Alan Shatter urged both the GRA and the AGSI to participate in the Croke Park talks.
However, both associations have refused because they insist they have no right to negotiate and are only being briefed.
The GRA mounted a protest outside the pay talks yesterday and has said it is considering similar protests at Leinster House, Government Buildings, Garda Headquarters and Dublin Castle.
GRA General Secretary PJ Stone said today's move is about "awareness creating".
Speaking on RTÉ's Today with Pat Kenny, Mr Stone said members wanted to get the message across to the public that gardaí were using their own property to do their jobs.
He said by refusing to use their own cars, mobiles and laptops, some garda business would be slowed down as a result.
In relation to the negotiations on an extension to the Croke Park Agreement, Mr Stone said the GRA had only ever been party to briefings, rather than meaningful negotiations.
He said they had argued to be included every time the issue of garda pay or general public sector pay came up, but they were always set aside in an annex and informed of the outcome at a later time.
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