Rank and file gardaí want the Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern to relax rules that ban them from taking part time paid work outside their duties.
Members of the Garda Representative Association (GRA), which represents almost 12,000 gardaí in the 14,500 strong force, are also seeking the abolition of a rule that states gardaí can lose their jobs if they are unable to pay their civil debts, such as mortgages.
Both issues will be debated the GRA's three-day annual delegate conference which begins in Limerick City this evening.
Debate at the conference is expected to be dominated by the impact of the recession on the Garda force and public sector pay cuts effecting gardai.
The proposal to allow gardaí work part time jobs has been proposed by the association's national executive. The move would mean gardaí would be free to supplement their Garda income with private security work, bar work or other paid activities.
The conference will also hear calls for the roll out of a mandatory 12-year jail term for a new proposed specific offence of "a gratuitous assault on a garda".
Other motions down for debate include those dealing with the exclusion of Garda representative groups from public sector pay talks. Bodies like the GRA are excluded from such talks because they do not enjoy trade union status.
Delegates at the GRA conference will also discuss the merits of the public sector pay deal agreed between unions and the Government last month.
In a copy of the Garda sectoral reform proposed under the deal, which has been obtained by The Irish Times, gardai are asked to commit to "a more effective Garda rostering system to more closely match the availability of staff with policing demands".
The force is also being asked to commit to an accelerated programme of civilianisation to free up more gardai for front line duties. As part of this process it is proposed that formalised procedures be introduced around gardai and civilians reporting to each other.
The Association of Garda Superintendents last month said it believed civilisation should not be expanded any further.
The sectoral reform proposals for the Garda under the so-called Croke Park deal also include a proposal for "performance management" for Garda members.
