Irish Football Association chief executive Howard Wells has branded the Tartan Army's boo boys extremely disrespectful for jeering his country's national anthem.
Last night's rendition of 'God Save the Queen' at the friendly between Scotland and Northern Ireland witnessed loud booing at Hampden.
The IFA have decided not to complain to FIFA over the issue but want talks with their Scottish counterparts in a bid to avoid a repeat.
Wells claims he was shocked by the booing, saying on Scotland Today: "It caught me unaware, I must say. I thought in the spirit of a friendly match that sort of thing wouldn't have happened."
Asked if he felt the jeering was extremely disrespectful, he answered: "Of course it is. We all try in this day and age to respect other people.
"It's been a central plank of the work FIFA and UEFA are doing."
Wells hopes to discuss the matter with the Scottish Football Association.
He said: "We've got very, very good relationships with the Scottish Football Association.
"Let's get it in perspective. Let's deal with the issue and let's deal with it in a way that we can learn from it."
After the game, attended by 7,000 Northern Ireland fans in a crowd of over 28,000, the SFA issued a statement claiming it was "disappointed" in the actions of a section of the Scotland support.
The statement read: "The SFA is obviously disappointed that a minority of our fans chose not to respect the visitors' national anthem.
"The Tartan Army have a richly-deserved reputation as fantastic ambassadors for their country.
"We do not condone this kind of behaviour."
FIFA confirmed they had received "no official information" regarding booing at the game.
But the world game's governing body did appeal to all football fans to respect national anthems.
UEFA spokesman William Gaillard told PA Sport that the game was outside their jurisdiction but even if it was not, there was nothing in their rules which could be used to punish disrespect of that nature.
He said: "Friendly matches are in the domain of FIFA, it is not UEFA's responsibility.
"Unfortunately this is not a new thing but there are no sanctions we can impose.
"We ran a successful campaign during the European Championships to get fans to respect their opponents' national anthems.
"It's about education and we can only hope that respect is shown."
The Scottish Government criticised those who took part in the jeering.
A spokesperson said: "It is unfortunate that the actions of some supporters have tarnished the outstanding reputation of the Tartan Army.
"All fans should respect the national anthems of all teams."