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Mr Tóibín separately said he has not yet decided whether he will vote in the presidential election or not next week.
“Like many people, I feel that I don’t have a choice in this election at all, which is quite incredible,” he said, adding: “Politics is in my DNA, I’ve voted in every election in the last 30 year, and really, I don’t see an option or a choice for myself.”
The Aontú leader said people are “incredibly angry at the democratic deficit in this particular election”.
“Indeed, a poll there about a week ago showed that 22 per cent of the population wanted to vote for Maria Steen, which is incredible that nearly one in five people are locked out of this election in many ways,” he said.
Asked about a campaign for a spoiled vote in the election, Mr Tóibín said he was cautious about the issue.
“Oftentimes, when people get into a voting pattern, they repeat it election after election. So I am cautious around that,” he said.
His party is not giving any advice or direction in how people should vote, he said.
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