necessary and sufficient conditions for having an irreducible hyperplane section

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Let $S \subset \mathbb{P}^3$ be a surface different to a cone. If $S$ is a smooth variety, then its generic hyperplane section is irreducible. I can imagine a similar result holds for a surface with isolated singularities....

Are there necessary and sufficient conditions over $S$ that guarantee an irreducible hyperplane section?

I understand my question may related to the Lefschetz hyperplane theorem..However, its singular version seems hard, and I cannot find a version for not normal varieties.