Ray D'Arcy admitted he was "perplexed" that The Den wasn't brought back.
Ray took up the role of presenter of The Den again in 2020 for a special Comic Relief edition of the show, which then led to a new six-episode run on Sunday nights in 2020.
It led many fans to hope the show would return permanently - but nothing was ever announced.
The radio host took to the airwaves to respond to RTE Director General Dee Forbes' recent comments at an Oireachtas Committee on Arts and Culture at which she teased the return of the beloved show.
At the recent Oireachtas Committee, Ms Forbes said that the show wasn't gone off the airwaves for good.
This was in response remarks made by Fine Gael TD Brendan Griffin who said cancelling the show was a "huge mistake".
Ray said: "He put a question to Dee Forbes. He was talking about the golden age of children’s television and then he got onto The Den.
"Can't disagree with you Brendan. And as happens in those Oireachtas committees, the questions can be quite long so Brendan continued.
"And he said he was perplexed. And I'm perplexed as well and everyone I meet is perplexed. I still don’t understand."
He added: "This is how conversations go: ‘Howiya Ray, how’s things? Great. I really loved The Den. Why didn’t it come back?'
"And they expect me to have an answer… I don’t understand why it didn’t come back - I’m still perplexed.
"Dee Forbes went on to say… I’ll do it verbatim so I don’t misrepresent her… ‘I’ll have to say The Den is a personal favourite of mine, deputy. I remember it the first time around and as you said it fulfilled a fantastic role during the pandemic. We keep things under review constantly and I think it fulfils a particular role. We've stood it down for now.’"
He then went on to say that Dee's comments were more than "I've ever heard".
"I suppose we’re none the wiser there on that one but anyway thanks Brendan, thanks for representing us at the Oireachtas Committee on Arts and Culture," he added.
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