The FAI have released a statement after an alleged "racist incident" took place during the Ireland U17s' clash with Poland on Saturday afternoon.
The game took place in Koszalin, Poland as part of the elite qualifying phase for the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, which takes place in Albania later this year.
In a statement released on Sunday afternoon, the FAI confirmed that the Ireland players had notified the match officials and head coach Colin O'Brien of an alleged racist "remark" made during the second half of Saturday's game.
"The Football Association of Ireland can confirm that we've reported a racist incident to UEFA which occurred in the second half of the Poland v Ireland U17 Elite Phase qualifying match," the statement read.
"The comment was reported to the match officials at the time and the players immediately made Republic of Ireland U17 Head Coach Colin O'Brien aware of the incident. Colin then reported the remark to the match officials two more times during the match."
The FAI also confirmed that the delegate assigned to Saturday's game would report the incident to UEFA.
"Following the conclusion of the game, FAI officials made a further report to the UEFA delegate and the delegate has since confirmed the incident will be submitted in the final report to UEFA," the FAI said.
"The Association has offered its full and unequivocal support to the player who was subjected to racism and to his team-mates. The FAI does not tolerate any form of racism towards any of our players or staff and we expect UEFA to investigate fully and take the appropriate action. Racism has no place in the game at any level.
Ireland manager Colin O'Brien also commented on the incident.
The head coach said he supported "escalating" the incident and that no such behaviour could be tolerated.
Racism has no place in the game at any level and no-one should be subjected to any form of abuse. It has no place in society and as a staff and a team, we've offered our full support to our player. I'm fully supportive of the Association escalating the incident up to UEFA and we await strong disciplinary action from the authorities to send a message out that this type of behaviour will not be tolerated.
Ireland would win the game 2-0 after two second-half goals from Jaden Umeh. They face Iceland on Tuesday in the final game of their qualifying group.
