They were stopped as a family unit coming off a flight from Cairo, with the woman and the child presenting Somalian identification documents

The IRC is seeking a court order requiring the CFA to reassess whether the teenager needs further life assistance and if so, to provide an adult aftercare plan under the Child Care Act 1991.

The case has come before the courts on a number of occasions, with the legal team for the defence saying that the accused had failed to engage with a psychiatrist who attempted to see him.

The youth, aged 17, according to his charge, again appeared at the Dublin Children’s Court before Judge Paul Kelly via video link from the Oberstown Children's Detention Campus.