Trade union Unite is calling on the Department of Education to intervene in the ongoing row between workers on a Dublin school building project and construction company JJ Rhatigan & Co.
Unite Regional Organiser Rob Kelly made the call as the official dispute enters its sixth week.
Pickets at the company's Kishoge Community College site in Lucan resumed last week following a High Court ruling that Unite is entitled to place pickets at three of the company's sites.
Mr Kelly says workers are frustrated and angered by the ongoing dispute: